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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
930 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008
WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
PZZ080-121130-
930 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008
.SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE 
ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT WILL SHIFT SE AND WEAKEN MON INTO 
MON NIGHT...WHILE A WARM FRONT PASSES NE ACROSS THE WATERS. THE 
HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL REBUILD ACROSS THE WATERS TUE THROUGH 
WED... WHILE A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W. THE 
RIDGE WILL THEN SHIFT NW ACROSS THE WATERS THU AND FRI WHILE 
WEAKENING. A LOW PRES TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN NEAR THE OREGON 
COAST THU AND THEN WEAKEN FRI.
$$
PZZ081-121130-
CAPE FLATTERY TO CAPE LOOKOUT
930 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008
.OVERNIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EARLY...BECOMING S 10 TO 
20 KT...EXCEPT OVER SE PORTION VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 
TO 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING W 
LATE.
.MON...WINDS BECOMING S THROUGHOUT AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 
KT...HIGHEST N. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 
10 FT...HIGHEST W. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT OVER W PORTION INCREASING 
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST W. SCATTERED 
SHOWERS.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT...HIGHEST W. 
SEAS BECOMING 8 TO 13 FT...HIGHEST WW.
.WED...SW TO S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT OVER SE 
PORTION BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT...HIGHEST 
NW.
.THU...N WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT...HIGHEST SE...EXCEPT 
OVER FAR NW PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO 
14 FT...HIGHEST NW.
.FRI...WINDS BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT...HIGHEST SE. SEAS SUBSIDING 
TO 9 TO 11 FT.
$$
PZZ082-121130-
CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT ST GEORGE
930 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008
.OVERNIGHT...FAR SE PORTION...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING 
TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S 
TO SW LATE. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT THROUGHOUT. SCATTERED SHOWERS 
DEVELOPING NW LATE.  
.MON...S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR 
SE PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 
OVER FAR SE PORTION VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT... 
HIGHEST NW. SCATTERED SHOWERS BECOMING ISOLATED.
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR SE PORTION 
BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST NW. 
SHOWERS ENDING.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...HIGHEST NW...EXCEPT OVER FAR 
SE PORTION N TO NW 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NW.
.WED...N WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE...HIGHEST SE... 
EXCEPT OVER NW PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT.
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT OVER SE PORTION INCREASING 
TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 13 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT... 
EXCEPT OVER FAR SE PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS LATE. 
SEAS 11 TO 14 FT EARLY...SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 12 FT LATE.
$$
.FORECASTER ACHORN. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH