By Rod Hill on 2009-11-06
...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY TO A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM PST SATURDAY.
LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BUILD
TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS TO THE COAST. A BUOY ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TILLAMOOK IS ALREADY REPORTING POWERFUL 24 FOOT SEAS APPROACHING
THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AND WILL LIKELY
BEGIN POUNDING THE COAST BY MIDDAY.
THE LARGEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...WHEN 25
TO 30 FOOT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COAST. THESE WAVES WILL
BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE...PUMMELING THE
COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH
AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF
ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.
HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE
ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON
TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL
CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES
THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.
High Wind Warning & Watch - Coast