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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
253 AM PST SUN JAN 24 2010
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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 AM PST SUN JAN 24 2010
...LARGE SWELL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WATERS AND SURF ZONE MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING...
A DEEP LOW IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL GENERATE VERY LARGE SEAS AS
IT TRACKS NORTHEAST TOWARD QUEEN CHARLOTTES ISLAND. LATEST
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE MAXIMUM SEAS WILL BE NEAR 40 FEET
IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOW CENTER...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 500 TO
600 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF NEWPORT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SWELL IS FORECAST TO DECAY TO AROUND 25 FEET AND REACH THE COASTAL
WATERS AND SURF ZONE AROUND DAWN MONDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN 20 TO 25
FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING...THEN SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 18 FEET
BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...
FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.
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