FXUS66 KPQR 152135
WRKAVN
WRKAVN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013
.AVIATION...AREA OF RAIN THAT WAS MOVING S INTO THE REGION EARLY 
THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLOWLY BRING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN AS 
THE RAIN CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO GIVE 
WAY TO WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 22Z AND 03Z EARLIEST IN 
THE NORTH. SOME LOCAL PATCHES OF IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE 
ALSO LIKELY.
COLD FRONT LATER IN THE EVENING WILL MOVE THROUGH...MOST LIKELY 
BETWEEN 04Z ON THE N OREGON COAST TO 10Z IN THE S WILLAMETTE VALLEY. 
THE FRONT WILL GENERALLY BRING IMPROVING CONDITIONS...WITH VFR 
CONDITIONS BETWEEN SHOWERS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BRING SLOWLY 
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...WITH MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
BETWEEN 23Z AND 03Z. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR IFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP 
AFTER 03Z...BUT MVFR IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE THE PREVAILING 
CONDITION. A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AROUND 07Z 
WILL BRING SHOWERS BEHIND IT ALONG WITH CONDITIONS FLUCTUATING 
BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR CATEGORIES.
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.MARINE...W WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH THIS EVENING 
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. FRONT IS LIKELY TO REACH THE COLUMBIA RIVER 
BAR AROUND 7 TO 8 PM THIS EVENING...AND TO REACH NEWPORT BETWEEN 12 
AND 1 AM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN NW AND PEAK ALONG AND BEHIND 
THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SAT MORNING...WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 
EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN WATERS AND SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS S OF 
CASCADE HEAD. GALES ARE LIKELY TO END BY MIDDAY SAT AS WINDS 
SUBSIDE. A MUCH WEAKER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SUN...WITH 
WINDS JUST BORDERLINE SMALL CRAIFT CRITERIA.
STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD THIS EVENING AS WINDS PICK UP 
RISING TO 10 TO 15 FT BY MID EVENING...WITH THE BIGGEST SEAS IN THE 
N WATERS. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVERNIGHT AS GALES DEVLEOP IN 
THE NORTHERN WATERS...AND SWELL ARRIVES LATE FROM THE NW. PEAK WAVE 
HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH 20 FT IN THE NORTHERN WATERS LATE 
TONIGHT...TO AROUND 15 FT IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS EARLY SAT. EXPECT 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SEAS OVER TEN FT THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
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.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN 
     OREGON CASCADES.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR CASCADES
     IN LANE COUNTY.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH 
     WASHINGTON CASCADES.
PZ...GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM
     CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 60 NM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR 
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OR TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING 
     TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OR
     TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL
     6 PM PST THIS EVENING.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FROM
     MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY.
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