Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Waldport, OR
May 21, 2024 9:01 AM PDT (16:01 UTC) Change Location
 | Sunrise 5:36 AM Sunset 8:42 PM Moonrise 6:16 PM Moonset 3:28 AM |
PZZ253 Coastal Waters From Cape Foulweather To Florence Or Out 10 Nm- 252 Am Pdt Tue May 21 2024
Today - N wind around 5 kt, backing to W late this morning and early afternoon, backing to sw late. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave detail: sw 2 ft at 4 seconds, nw 4 ft at 8 seconds and sw 2 ft at 16 seconds. A chance of rain early this afternoon. Rain likely late.
Tonight - W wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: nw 3 ft at 4 seconds, nw 6 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight.
Wed - NW wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft, building to 8 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 4 seconds, nw 8 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 16 seconds. A slight chance of showers.
Wed night - W wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, nw 8 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 17 seconds.
Thu - SW wind around 5 kt, veering to W around 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, nw 6 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 16 seconds.
Thu night - N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and nw 4 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight.
Fri - E wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
Fri night - NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 5 ft. A chance of showers.
Sat - NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of showers in the morning.
Sat night - N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 6 ft.
PZZ200 252 Am Pdt Tue May 21 2024
Synopsis for the southern washington and northern oregon coast - The next front arrives today brining a period of widespread rain before breaking to showers. Seas become increasingly steep later today into Wednesday then subside Thursday. High pressure returns Thu followed by another weather disturbance Friday into Saturday accompanied by steeper waves yet again.
FXUS66 KPQR 210944 AFDPQR
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Portland OR 244 AM PDT Tue May 21 2024
SYNOPSIS
Widespread rain returns later this morning, spreading through the region through the day, which could lead to a wet evening commute for most areas. Scattered showers tonight into Wednesday with a thunderstorm chance over the Cascade foothills. Dry and warmer Thursday before becoming unsettled for Friday into the weekend.
SHORT TERM
Tuesday through Thursday...Satellite imagery around 1 AM Tuesday morning shows mid-level clouds beginning to push into SW Washington and NW Oregon from the northwest ahead of an incoming frontal system. The onset of the widespread stratiform rain band associated with this frontal system has slowed significantly from previous guidance. Comparing latest hi-res surface pressure guidance to Monday's 12z runs, the amplitude of the surface low has become wider in current run, which in turn slows the progression of incoming clouds and rainfall. Rain is now not expected to reach the far NW corner of the region (generally Pacific County and far northern Oregon coast) until around 8-10 am, slowly spreading southwest into the Portland/Vancouver metro area by early afternoon, and reaching Lane County around late afternoon/early evening. Still expecting to see quite a bit of rain shadowing in the western Willamette Valley stretching north into western Columbia County (generally east of the Coast Range and west of cities such as Portland and Salem) due to the northwesterly wind trajectory. Also, hi-res guidance is beginning to indicate the strength of the precipitation may fizzle as it moves south, so the lowlands and Coast Range of Lane County may not see as much rain, either.
HRRR indicates only a 5-20% chance that these areas could receive 0.1 inch of rain through 5 AM Wednesday. Elsewhere in the Willamette Valley has 60-90% probability of reaching 0.25 inch of rain for the same time period, increasing to 90+% for the lowlands north of Portland, the coast, Coast Range, and Cascades. The westerly flow will allow for enhanced upslope flow over the mountains with these areas receiving anywhere from 0.75-1.5 inches of rain. Snow levels will remain above 6000-7000 feet ahead of the front, and with the majority of precipitation also occurring ahead of or along the front, little to no mountain snow is expected. Additionally, daytime temperatures are not expected to fall as much for locations south of a line from southern Tillamook County to southern Clackamas county.
Interior lowlands north of here will see temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. South of here, temperatures will remain in the mid to upper 60s with even a 20-40% chance of reaching 70 degrees around and south of Eugene.
Rain turns showery this evening, becoming isolated showers for areas west of the Cascades overnight. Quickly behind this front will be an upper closed low moving south from western British Columbia into western Washington by 5 AM Wednesday then pushing southeast through northeast Oregon through the day. Latest ensemble guidance indicates the core of this low will just miss our forecast area to the north and east, as will the majority of the forcing for widespread precipitation. With westerly flow continuing, the majority of precipitation will be over the Cascades due to upslope flow, with lighter amounts over the Coast Range. Showers will be very isolated over the lowlands.
Although colder air aloft will funnel in behind today's front and Wednesday's closed low, there doesn't seem to be quite enough instability building for thunderstorm chances except over the western Cascade foothills on Wednesday. However, stronger showers are possible with the limited instability elsewhere with the potential for small hail. The high Cascades will also receive some snow with the colder air, though snow levels are expected to remain mainly above mountain passes.
On Thursday, the closed low moves east over the northern Rockies with guidance continuing to show a weak shortwave developing on the backside of the low over the PacNW as ridging builds over the eastern Pacific. Temperatures will warm back into the upper 60s for the interior lowlands under sunny skies. No rain is expected with this wave, but it will cause winds aloft and at the surface to turn north to northwesterly for a brief period Thursday. Winds are expected to remain relatively light with the only impact to potentially help enhance the warming temperatures. -HEC
LONG TERM
Friday through Monday...An unsettled weather pattern is expected to continue through at least Saturday. WPC's 500 mb cluster analysis indicates a week shortwave could bring light showers Friday followed by a an upper level closed low bringing slightly more showers to the region Saturday. Specific details on timing and amounts of rain continue to remain uncertain, though temperatures are expected to remain near or just below seasonal normals.
The pattern becomes a bit more uncertain Sunday on whether troughing will still around to continue showers. By Monday, dry conditions are expected. However, about 60% of the 500 mb clusters indicate strong ridging building right over the Pacific NW on Monday, about 27% of the clusters indicate this ridging building more east over the Intermountain West, and 15% of the clusters indicate a weak trough approaching the Pacific NW. This brings significant uncertainty in temperatures with NBM 25th to 75th percentiles for inland valleys ranging anywhere from upper 60s to low 80s. -HEC
AVIATION
Early this morning(as of 9-10z) VFR conditions prevail outside of MVFR CIGS already in place at KAST. That said, we'll have to watch the potential for low clouds along the west slopes of the north Oregon Cascades to once again backbuilding into the Portland metro for a brief period between 12-16z.
However, increasing high clouds add an extra degree of uncertainty as they'll work against the aforementioned low cloud formation which is already not nearly as prolific as model initialization would indicate based off current satellite observations.
Otherwise, we await the arrival of the next frontal system expected push NW to SE into the north Oregon coast through the Willamette Valley between 18-21z followed by the central/southern Willamette Valley ~21-00z bringing light rain and lowering cigs.
Guidance suggests high confidence(60-90%) in widespread LIFR/IFR cigs along the coast and high-end MVFR cigs in the Willamette Valley by the evening. Although guidance also suggests an improvement back towards VFR overnight(06-12z) once rainfall decreases - low confidence in this exact timing. Winds will also pick up, with southwest winds 5-10 kt with occasional gusts to 18-20 kt.
PDX AND APPROACHES...Currently watching low clouds along the west slopes of the Cascades however thinking the chance for high-end MVFR cig development between 12-16z sits at only ~30-40% thanks to increasing high clouds. After 21z-00z, high confidence for MVFR cigs as the next frontal system pushes inland before conditions potentially improve back to VFR after 06-09z Wed. Winds will be southwest and around 6-12 kt. -Schuldt
MARINE
The morning begins in a brief lull between weather disturbances before the next frontal system arrives as the day progresses bringing rain and Small Craft Advisory Winds ahead and behind the front. Confidence is very high (80-90%) wind gusts reach into the 20-25 knot range for the outer waters north of Cape Foulweather later Tuesday morning spreading southward to PZZ273 and persisting at times through Tuesday night and Wednesday. With the persistent northwest fetch in the post-frontal environment, also expected seas to become fairly steep Tuesday night into Wednesday with greatest impacts to PZZ251 as seas rise to 10 to 13 ft with a period 9 to 10 seconds.
As we move into Thursday, calmer winds/seas return for a day followed by yet another weather disturbance moving into the region from the NNW late Friday/Saturday continuing the rather progressive and active weather pattern. Seas likely rise to 7-10 feet at 8-9 seconds on Saturday before decreasing Sunday into early next week - wave steepness may again be a concern Saturday.
-Schuldt/mh
PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...None.
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ210.
Small Craft Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ251-252-271-272.
Small Craft Advisory from 8 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ273.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Portland OR 244 AM PDT Tue May 21 2024
SYNOPSIS
Widespread rain returns later this morning, spreading through the region through the day, which could lead to a wet evening commute for most areas. Scattered showers tonight into Wednesday with a thunderstorm chance over the Cascade foothills. Dry and warmer Thursday before becoming unsettled for Friday into the weekend.
SHORT TERM
Tuesday through Thursday...Satellite imagery around 1 AM Tuesday morning shows mid-level clouds beginning to push into SW Washington and NW Oregon from the northwest ahead of an incoming frontal system. The onset of the widespread stratiform rain band associated with this frontal system has slowed significantly from previous guidance. Comparing latest hi-res surface pressure guidance to Monday's 12z runs, the amplitude of the surface low has become wider in current run, which in turn slows the progression of incoming clouds and rainfall. Rain is now not expected to reach the far NW corner of the region (generally Pacific County and far northern Oregon coast) until around 8-10 am, slowly spreading southwest into the Portland/Vancouver metro area by early afternoon, and reaching Lane County around late afternoon/early evening. Still expecting to see quite a bit of rain shadowing in the western Willamette Valley stretching north into western Columbia County (generally east of the Coast Range and west of cities such as Portland and Salem) due to the northwesterly wind trajectory. Also, hi-res guidance is beginning to indicate the strength of the precipitation may fizzle as it moves south, so the lowlands and Coast Range of Lane County may not see as much rain, either.
HRRR indicates only a 5-20% chance that these areas could receive 0.1 inch of rain through 5 AM Wednesday. Elsewhere in the Willamette Valley has 60-90% probability of reaching 0.25 inch of rain for the same time period, increasing to 90+% for the lowlands north of Portland, the coast, Coast Range, and Cascades. The westerly flow will allow for enhanced upslope flow over the mountains with these areas receiving anywhere from 0.75-1.5 inches of rain. Snow levels will remain above 6000-7000 feet ahead of the front, and with the majority of precipitation also occurring ahead of or along the front, little to no mountain snow is expected. Additionally, daytime temperatures are not expected to fall as much for locations south of a line from southern Tillamook County to southern Clackamas county.
Interior lowlands north of here will see temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. South of here, temperatures will remain in the mid to upper 60s with even a 20-40% chance of reaching 70 degrees around and south of Eugene.
Rain turns showery this evening, becoming isolated showers for areas west of the Cascades overnight. Quickly behind this front will be an upper closed low moving south from western British Columbia into western Washington by 5 AM Wednesday then pushing southeast through northeast Oregon through the day. Latest ensemble guidance indicates the core of this low will just miss our forecast area to the north and east, as will the majority of the forcing for widespread precipitation. With westerly flow continuing, the majority of precipitation will be over the Cascades due to upslope flow, with lighter amounts over the Coast Range. Showers will be very isolated over the lowlands.
Although colder air aloft will funnel in behind today's front and Wednesday's closed low, there doesn't seem to be quite enough instability building for thunderstorm chances except over the western Cascade foothills on Wednesday. However, stronger showers are possible with the limited instability elsewhere with the potential for small hail. The high Cascades will also receive some snow with the colder air, though snow levels are expected to remain mainly above mountain passes.
On Thursday, the closed low moves east over the northern Rockies with guidance continuing to show a weak shortwave developing on the backside of the low over the PacNW as ridging builds over the eastern Pacific. Temperatures will warm back into the upper 60s for the interior lowlands under sunny skies. No rain is expected with this wave, but it will cause winds aloft and at the surface to turn north to northwesterly for a brief period Thursday. Winds are expected to remain relatively light with the only impact to potentially help enhance the warming temperatures. -HEC
LONG TERM
Friday through Monday...An unsettled weather pattern is expected to continue through at least Saturday. WPC's 500 mb cluster analysis indicates a week shortwave could bring light showers Friday followed by a an upper level closed low bringing slightly more showers to the region Saturday. Specific details on timing and amounts of rain continue to remain uncertain, though temperatures are expected to remain near or just below seasonal normals.
The pattern becomes a bit more uncertain Sunday on whether troughing will still around to continue showers. By Monday, dry conditions are expected. However, about 60% of the 500 mb clusters indicate strong ridging building right over the Pacific NW on Monday, about 27% of the clusters indicate this ridging building more east over the Intermountain West, and 15% of the clusters indicate a weak trough approaching the Pacific NW. This brings significant uncertainty in temperatures with NBM 25th to 75th percentiles for inland valleys ranging anywhere from upper 60s to low 80s. -HEC
AVIATION
Early this morning(as of 9-10z) VFR conditions prevail outside of MVFR CIGS already in place at KAST. That said, we'll have to watch the potential for low clouds along the west slopes of the north Oregon Cascades to once again backbuilding into the Portland metro for a brief period between 12-16z.
However, increasing high clouds add an extra degree of uncertainty as they'll work against the aforementioned low cloud formation which is already not nearly as prolific as model initialization would indicate based off current satellite observations.
Otherwise, we await the arrival of the next frontal system expected push NW to SE into the north Oregon coast through the Willamette Valley between 18-21z followed by the central/southern Willamette Valley ~21-00z bringing light rain and lowering cigs.
Guidance suggests high confidence(60-90%) in widespread LIFR/IFR cigs along the coast and high-end MVFR cigs in the Willamette Valley by the evening. Although guidance also suggests an improvement back towards VFR overnight(06-12z) once rainfall decreases - low confidence in this exact timing. Winds will also pick up, with southwest winds 5-10 kt with occasional gusts to 18-20 kt.
PDX AND APPROACHES...Currently watching low clouds along the west slopes of the Cascades however thinking the chance for high-end MVFR cig development between 12-16z sits at only ~30-40% thanks to increasing high clouds. After 21z-00z, high confidence for MVFR cigs as the next frontal system pushes inland before conditions potentially improve back to VFR after 06-09z Wed. Winds will be southwest and around 6-12 kt. -Schuldt
MARINE
The morning begins in a brief lull between weather disturbances before the next frontal system arrives as the day progresses bringing rain and Small Craft Advisory Winds ahead and behind the front. Confidence is very high (80-90%) wind gusts reach into the 20-25 knot range for the outer waters north of Cape Foulweather later Tuesday morning spreading southward to PZZ273 and persisting at times through Tuesday night and Wednesday. With the persistent northwest fetch in the post-frontal environment, also expected seas to become fairly steep Tuesday night into Wednesday with greatest impacts to PZZ251 as seas rise to 10 to 13 ft with a period 9 to 10 seconds.
As we move into Thursday, calmer winds/seas return for a day followed by yet another weather disturbance moving into the region from the NNW late Friday/Saturday continuing the rather progressive and active weather pattern. Seas likely rise to 7-10 feet at 8-9 seconds on Saturday before decreasing Sunday into early next week - wave steepness may again be a concern Saturday.
-Schuldt/mh
PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...None.
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ210.
Small Craft Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ251-252-271-272.
Small Craft Advisory from 8 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ273.
| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
| KONP NEWPORT MUNI,OR | 12 sm | 26 min | calm | 10 sm | Mostly Cloudy | 50°F | 43°F | 76% | 30.25 |
Waldport
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Tue -- 04:28 AM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:42 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 06:23 AM PDT -0.22 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 12:46 PM PDT 5.47 feet High Tide
Tue -- 05:53 PM PDT 2.45 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:16 PM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 08:44 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 11:49 PM PDT 7.46 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Tue -- 04:28 AM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:42 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 06:23 AM PDT -0.22 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 12:46 PM PDT 5.47 feet High Tide
Tue -- 05:53 PM PDT 2.45 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:16 PM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 08:44 PM PDT Sunset
Tue -- 11:49 PM PDT 7.46 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Waldport, Alsea Bay, Oregon, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 7.1 |
| 1 am |
| 6.3 |
| 2 am |
| 5 |
| 3 am |
| 3.3 |
| 4 am |
| 1.7 |
| 5 am |
| 0.5 |
| 6 am |
| -0.2 |
| 7 am |
| -0.1 |
| 8 am |
| 0.7 |
| 9 am |
| 1.9 |
| 10 am |
| 3.3 |
| 11 am |
| 4.5 |
| 12 pm |
| 5.3 |
| 1 pm |
| 5.5 |
| 2 pm |
| 5 |
| 3 pm |
| 4.2 |
| 4 pm |
| 3.3 |
| 5 pm |
| 2.7 |
| 6 pm |
| 2.5 |
| 7 pm |
| 2.8 |
| 8 pm |
| 3.8 |
| 9 pm |
| 5 |
| 10 pm |
| 6.3 |
| 11 pm |
| 7.2 |
Toledo
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Tue -- 04:27 AM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:41 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 07:01 AM PDT -0.20 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 01:19 PM PDT 5.76 feet High Tide
Tue -- 06:31 PM PDT 2.25 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:16 PM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 08:43 PM PDT Sunset
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Tue -- 04:27 AM PDT Moonset
Tue -- 05:41 AM PDT Sunrise
Tue -- 07:01 AM PDT -0.20 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 01:19 PM PDT 5.76 feet High Tide
Tue -- 06:31 PM PDT 2.25 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:16 PM PDT Moonrise
Tue -- 08:43 PM PDT Sunset
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Toledo, Yaquina Bay and River, Oregon, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 7.6 |
| 1 am |
| 7.2 |
| 2 am |
| 6.1 |
| 3 am |
| 4.5 |
| 4 am |
| 2.8 |
| 5 am |
| 1.3 |
| 6 am |
| 0.2 |
| 7 am |
| -0.2 |
| 8 am |
| 0.2 |
| 9 am |
| 1.2 |
| 10 am |
| 2.7 |
| 11 am |
| 4.1 |
| 12 pm |
| 5.2 |
| 1 pm |
| 5.7 |
| 2 pm |
| 5.6 |
| 3 pm |
| 4.9 |
| 4 pm |
| 3.9 |
| 5 pm |
| 2.9 |
| 6 pm |
| 2.3 |
| 7 pm |
| 2.3 |
| 8 pm |
| 3 |
| 9 pm |
| 4.3 |
| 10 pm |
| 5.8 |
| 11 pm |
| 7.1 |
Portland, OR,
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