Headline:
Small Craft Advisory issued December 16 at 3:58AM PST until December 17 at 1:00AM PST by NWS Portland OR
Event:
Small Craft Advisory
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
December 16, 2024 - 3:58am
Expires:
December 16, 2024 - 8:00pm
Description:
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, Rough bar conditions
expected, with general seas 9 to 10 ft building to 12 to 14 ft
Tuesday morning. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and
hazardous seas 2 to 5 ft at 6 seconds and southeast winds 5 to
15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.
* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
* WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, until 1 AM PST Tuesday. Hazardous
Seas Warning, from 1 AM to 10 AM PST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or cause
damage to vessels.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ebb current of 3.32 kt at 500 AM Monday.
Seas 9 to 10 ft. Very strong ebb current of 6.89 kt at 509 PM
Monday. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
Instruction:
Recreational boaters should remain in port. Commercial vessels
should prepare for rough seas and consider remaining in port
until hazardous seas subside.
Area Description:
Columbia River Bar
Forcast Office:
NWS Portland OR