

922 

AGPN40 KWNM 120901

MIMPAC



MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR N PACIFIC OCEAN

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

201 AM PDT FRI AUG 12 2016



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

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



THERE WAS A RAPIDSCAT PASS AT 05Z WITH A SWATH ACRS THE WA/OR AND

NRN CA WTRS AND INTO NRN CNTRL CA WTRS. MAX WINDS WERE TO 25 KT

OVR THE OR AND WA WTRS. THERE WAS A SHIP OBS OVR THE NRN WA WTRS

WITH 25 KT AT 06Z AND 30 KT AT 08Z WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE

CORRECT.



HIGH PRES RMNS CNTRD TO THE W OF THE WA/OR EARLY THIS MRNG WHILE

A WK TROF XTNDED FM CA INTO OR. MDL GUID KPS STGST WINDS OVR THE

WA/OR WTRS THIS MRNG WITH SOME EASING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS

TDA INTO TNGT AS THE HIGH PRES BECOMS WKR. THE GFS SHIFTS THE

STGST WINDS SWD INTO THE NRN CA WTRS LATER SAT AS COASTAL TROF

REDVLPS AND INTENSIFIES LATER SUN INTO MON. MDLS ARE SMLR INTO

EARLY NEXT WK WITH GALES DVLPG MON ALG THE ERN AREAS OF THE NRN

CA/OR WTRS WITH THE HIGH PRES TO THE W AND NW OF THE WTRS

STRENGTHENING THRU TUE AND TUE NGT. WL USE THE 30M GFS WINDS FOR

LATER MON INTO TUE NGT AS THIS OCCURS.



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

THE FCST PD AND WL USE A 50/50 BLEND WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS AS

GALES DVLP MON INTO TUE NGT. 





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





.WARNINGS...PRELIMINARY.



.PZ5 WASHINGTON/OREGON WATERS...

.PZZ815...INNER WATERS FROM FLORENCE OR TO POINT ST. GEORGE...

     GALE POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT.



.PZ6 CALIFORNIA WATERS...

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

     GALE POSSIBLE MON INTO TUE NIGHT. 



$$



.FORECASTER ROWLAND. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

