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Marine Weather and Tides Salem, OR Version 3.4

NOTICE 8/26/2020 The 7 day forecast is taking about 5 seconds to load but it will eventually load. NOAA is still working on it. 8/18/2020 NOAA continues to have trouble. Wind guest will occasionally be left off graphs. I am working with NOAA to resolve the issue. 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 7:04AM

Sunset 7:00PM

Sunday September 27, 2020 10:25 PM PDT (05:25 UTC)

Moonrise 4:45PM

Moonset 1:31AM

Illumination 84%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Salem, OR

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 280451 AAA AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion . UPDATED National Weather Service Portland OR 950 PM PDT Sun Sep 27 2020

Updated Aviation discussion.

SYNOPSIS. Warm and dry conditions expected this week as high pressure remains anchored over the Pacific Northwest. Northeasterly flow will become locally breezy Monday resulting in above normal temperatures all the way to the coast. Could also see the return of patchy smoke downwind of area wildfires. Conditions along the coast start to cool off a bit later this week as offshore flow wanes and afternoon sea breezes are allowed to kick in.

SHORT TERM. Tonight through Wednesday . Valley fog and stratus dissipated a few hours ago resulting in sunny skies across NW Oregon and SW Washington this afternoon. Afternoon temperatures will be rather seasonable today, but above normal temperatures are expected through Tuesday as high pressure builds into the Pacific Northwest, with guidance suggesting that the upper level ridge axis will remain overhead through at least Tuesday. Modest northeast to east winds will help to carry the above normal temperature to the coast Monday and Tuesday. Given the latest guidance we could see near record temperatures the next couple of days. In addition, we could see the return of patchy smoke downwind of local wildfires as fuels start to dry out from our recent rains. Guidance also shows the thermal trough over the region which could add to some smoke production as fire become more plume dominated.

Offshore flow starts to weaken towards Wednesday as the upper level ridge axis starts to shift inland which should help afternoon sea breezes kick in along the coast resulting in slightly cooler temperatures. Unfortunately, inland areas will remain above normal Wednesday as these sea breezes will not be strong enough to bring marine air past the Coast Range.

One last thing, guidance continues to show a long period westerly swell around 12 ft at 18 seconds moving across the waters Monday night into Tuesday which will result in a high threat of sneaker waves at local beaches. /64

LONG TERM. Wednesday night through Sunday . Guidance continues to show the upper level ridge axis shifting inland through the end of the week. This should result in some light onshore flow along the coast keeping temperatures near normal. Unfortunately, inland areas will continue to see weak offshore flow keeping temperatures above normal through the weekend. The continuation of warm and dry conditions may also result in patchy smoke downwind of area fires through the weekend. Guidance was starting to show an upper level trough approaching the region late Sunday into Monday, but the latest 12Z guidance is starting to back off on this idea so will need to wait and see if we could see some rain next week. /64

AVIATION. 06Z TAFs: VFR conditions expected for the next 24 hours. Increasing offshore flow as a thermal trough strengthens along the coast and high pressure increases east of the Cascades. The 06Z TAF will include AMD NOT SKED 2806/2809 due to NWS network maintenance.

Refer to http://weather.gov/zse for detailed regional aviation weather and hazard information.

KPDX AND APPROACHES . VFR expected next 24 hours. Offshore flow increases with east to northeast wind gusting 15-25 kt 21Z Mon - 03Z Tue.

MARINE. No significant changes. Winds become more northeasterly early Sunday and persist into early next week as thermally induced low builds up along the OR/CA coast. Expect small craft advisory winds for all waters starting Sunday evening and lasting though Monday evening, possibly Tuesday morning. While the small craft advisory for winds is for all waters, eventually the inner water advisory winds will be confined to areas downrange of gaps and flows within the Coastal Range. Winds are expected to ease Monday.

However, a distant swell from a strong low pressure within the northern Gulf of Alaska will send a building westerly swell across the waters. Combined seas likely reach 11 to 13 feet late Monday afternoon ans stay elevated through early Tuesday morning. Seas then will quickly subside below 8 ft by Tuesday afternoon. Have included this period at the end of the wind threat portion of the small craft advisory. Seas will continue to subside to near 5 feet before building toward 8-9 feet again by Thursday.

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . None. WA . None. PZ . Small Craft Advisory until 10 AM PDT Tuesday for coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Florence OR out 60 NM.

Small Craft Advisory from 1 AM to 5 AM PDT Monday for Columbia River Bar.



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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
SBEO3 - 9435380 - South Beach, OR	56 mi	56 min	Calm G 1	60°F	60°F		1025.6 hPa
NWPO3 - Newport, OR	58 mi	26 min	ENE 4.1 G 5.1	59°F
TLBO3 - 9437540 - Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay, OR	64 mi	56 min			57°F		1027.4 hPa

Wind History for South Beach, Yaquina River, OR

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Salem - McNary Field, OR	2 mi	30 min	NNW 6	10.00 mi	Fair	59°F	48°F	69%	1026.4 hPa
McMinnville, McMinnville Municipal Airport, OR	20 mi	33 min	N 10	10.00 mi	Fair	63°F	50°F	63%	1026.6 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSLE

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Tide / Current Tables for Nestucca Bay entrance, Oregon

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