

170 

AGPN40 KWNM 280155

MIMPAC



MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR N PACIFIC OCEAN

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

655 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2016



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

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



NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.



SEAS...WWIII ENP WITHIN A FT OR TWO OF CURRENT OBS.



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PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...



AT 18Z A 1016 MB LOW WAS OVER THE NRN CA WATERS W/A HIGH PRES

RIDGE OVER THE REST OF THE WA/OR/CA WATERS. A LOW PRES TROUGH WAS

JUST INLAND ALONG THE CA COAST. AN 1854Z ASCAT HIRES PASS REVEALED

15-25 KT WINDS OVER THE WA WATERS...W/5-15 KT WINDS OVER THE OR

WATERS. 5-15 KT WINDS WERE PRESENT OVER THE NRN CA WATERS AND SRN

CA WATERS E OF 121W.



W/THE 12Z GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT POPULATED THROUGH TUE 12Z

W/12Z GFS 10M WINDS THEN LEFT EXISTING 00Z ECMWF WINDS IN BEYOND

THAT POINT. WEAK COLD FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE

WA/OR WATERS SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT...AND INTO THE NRN CA WATERS TUE

BEFORE DISSIPATING AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL CA WATERS EARLY

TUE NIGHT. LOW PRES TROUGH SETS UP ALONG THE CENTRAL AND SRN

CALIFORNIA COAST MON NIGHT AND TUE...AND PERSISTS THROUGH WED

NIGHT. 



.SEAS...POPULATED GRIDS THROUGH TUE 12Z W/12Z NWW3 THEN LEFT PRIOR

00Z ECMWF WAM GRIDS IN THROUGH THE REST OF DAY 5.





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







.WARNINGS...PRELIMINARY.



.PZ5 WASHINGTON/OREGON WATERS...

     NONE.



.PZ6 CALIFORNIA WATERS...

     NONE.



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.FORECASTER ACHORN/HOLLEY. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

