

856 

AGPN40 KWNM 090847

MIMPAC



MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR N PACIFIC OCEAN

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

147 AM PDT TUE AUG 9 2016



.FORECAST DISCUSSION: MAJOR FEATURES/WINDS/SEAS/SIGNIFICANT

.WEATHER FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC N OF 30N AND E OF 150W.



THERE WAS A HI RESOL ASCAT PASS AT 06Z WITH A SWATH ALG THE WRN

AREAS OF THE CNTRL CA INTO THE OR AND WA WTRS. STGST MAX WINDS

WHERE DATA WAS AVLB WAS ALG THE CNTRL AND NRN CA WTRS WITH WINDS

TO 25 KT. 



HIGH PRES WAS SITU TO THE W AND NW OF THE CA WTRS AND WL RMN STG

INTO TNGT AS COASTAL TROF RMNS ALG THE NRN AND CNTRL COASTAL

AREAS OF CA. PLAN TO MAINTAIN GALES OVR THE ERN MOST SECTIONS OF

THE NRN CA WTRS INTO EARLY TNGT. MDLS SHOW THE HIGH PRES STARTS

TO BECOM WKR BY THU AND THU NGT WITH THE COASTAL TROF. THE GFS

BECOMS WKR WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE HIGH PRES BY SAT NGT...BUT

OTHER MDLS RMN SOMEWHAT STGR THAN THE GFS. INTERESTINGLY THE GFS

DOES SHOW THE PTNL FOR GALES DVLPG LATER SAT NGT INTO SUN WHILE

OTHER GUID IS NOT AS STG. WL HAV WINDS TO 25 KT OR AS UP TO 30 KT

OVR THE ERN AREAS OF THE NRN CA WTRS SAT NGT. WL CONT TO FAVOR THE

GFS FOR THE GRIDS THRU THE FCST PD.



SEAS...THE MULTIGRID WWIII AND ECMWF WAM ARE IN CLOSE AGRMT THRU

THE FCST PD AND WL USE A 50/50 BLEND.  





.EXTRATROPICAL STORM SURGE GUIDANCE...N/A.





.WARNINGS...PRELIMINARY.



.PZ5 WASHINGTON/OREGON WATERS...

     NONE.



.PZ6 CALIFORNIA WATERS...

.PZZ820...INNER WATERS FROM POINT ST. GEORGE TO POINT ARENA...

     GALE EARLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 

.PZZ825...INNER WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT...

     GALE EARLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 



$$



.FORECASTER ROWLAND. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

