Small Craft Advisory 12/16/2024 03:58 for areas

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