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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

259 AM PDT THU AUG 25 2016



CALIFORNIA WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.



CONDITIONS GIVEN REPRESENT THE HIGHEST WITHIN THAT PERIOD.



SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE

HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE

MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.



.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A LOW PRES TROUGH ALONG THE

CALIFORNIA COAST WILL SLOWLY DRIFT W TODAY THROUGH SAT NIGHT...

REACHING THE INNER WATERS FRI. WEAK LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP NEAR

CAPE MENDOCINO LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND SLOWLY DRIFT SW

ACROSS THE WATERS FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING SUN.

OTHERWISE...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST WELL W AND NW OF THE

WATERS THROUGH MON NIGHT. ANOTHER HIGH WILL FORM W OF THE CENTRAL

AND S WATERS SAT AND PERSIST THROUGH MON BEFORE DISSIPATING MON

NIGHT. 



POINT ST. GEORGE TO POINT ARENA



.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION VARIABLE 10 KT

OR LESS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.

.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION VARIABLE LESS

THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION E TO SE.

SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

.SUN...E TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 

.MON...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 



POINT ARENA TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CA



.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. 

.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE PORTION DIMINISHING

TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE PORTION

VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.

.SAT...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION VARIABLE LESS

THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. 



SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CA TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, CA...SOUTH TO

GUADALUPE ISLAND



.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI THROUGH SAT...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 



.FORECASTER CLARK. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

