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Marine Weather and Tides Kalama, WA Version 3.4

NOTICE 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 6:00AM

Sunset 8:34PM

Friday August 7, 2020 11:47 AM PDT (18:47 UTC)

Moonrise 9:48PM

Moonset 9:03AM

Illumination 85%

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 Kalama, WA

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 071647 AAA AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion . Updated National Weather Service Portland OR 946 AM PDT Fri Aug 7 2020

Updated Aviation Discussion

SYNOPSIS. Weather more representative of September for next day or two, with mild temperatures. Another weak front will push into western Washington early Saturday. But, rain stays well north of our area. Then, high pressure will build, with another warming trend for Sunday into early next week. Temperatures cool a bit again for rest of next week, with mostly dry conditions.

SHORT TERM. Today through Sunday . Onshore flow across the region continues today. Starting out with areas of clouds jammed against the Cascades, as well as the west side of the Coast Range and Willapa Hills. Overall, not a lot of change, as will see these clouds gradually break up this morning. Will see clouds across the interior lowlands, mainly north of Salem this am. Overall, rather pleasant day, with partly to mostly sunny skies, and temperatures only in the 70s for the interior, and 60s on the coast.

Next system will be approaching the Pac NW later tonight, with increasing clouds. Models have been suggesting that most of the precipitation with this system will be north of our area, primarily across northwest Washington and northward. Will trend towards that blend, but will keep a minor chance (20 pct) of showers for the coastal areas and coast mtns north of Tillamook for late tonight into Sat am. Even so, will see clouds farther inland, mainly north.

Skies again will gradually clear Sat afternoon, as lower to mid-level flow turns more northerly. Temperatures only a few deg warmer inland, with highs closer to 80 in the afternoon.

High pressure over the region builds through Sunday, with much warmer conditions for Sunday with mostly clear skies. Interestingly, the northerly pressure gradient will strengthen, thank to the building thermal low pressure over southwest Oregon. This will promote locally breezy conditions in the afternoon, with north winds 10 to 15 mph for many spots. This dry flow, combined with little if any residual marine layer and 500 mb heights pushing 590 dam, would expect high temps close to 90 deg for interior lowlands. /Rockey

LONG TERM. Monday through Thursday . As mentioned above, low amplitude upper ridging appears likely to build over Oregon and possibly Washington by Monday, leading to above normal temperatures inland. After Monday longer range models' solutions begin to differ, but the majority solution appears to favor some sort of upper trough development over the Pac NW by midweek. Again, models vary considerably on the strength of this upper trough and whether or not it will be strong enough to bring us rain, so we held close to the NBM solution which generally keeps our CWA dry. After a warm day Monday, temperatures should cool back closer to seasonal norms or perhaps slightly below that by midweek. /Weagle

AVIATION. Conditions remain predominately VFR as the air mass continues to stabilize today as high pressure builds in across the area. There remains some residual surface moisture, which is resulting in localized MVFR cigs around KAST and along the Columbia River. These MVFR cigs are expected to dissipate by 19Z Friday. After 19Z Friday expect mainly VFR with mostly clear skies through the evening.

KPDX and APPROACHES . Predominately VFR with mostly clear skies through the evening. /42

MARINE. A weak front will brush by the northern waters today. Otherwise, high pressure will build across the waters through early next week with thermal low pressure over the far south Oregon coast. This will result in periods of gusty northerly winds over the weekend with gusts to 30 kt possible south of Cascade Head and steep seas around 7-9 ft. Northerly winds continue through much of the upcoming week with occasional advisory gusts to 25 kt and seas around 5-7 ft. /64

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . None. WA . None. PZ . None.

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . None. WA . None. PZ . None.



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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
LOPW1 - 9440422 - Longview, WA	9 mi	53 min			71°F
ASTO3 - 9439040 - Astoria, OR	51 mi	53 min	W 4.1 G 7	63°F	70°F
TLBO3 - 9437540 - Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay, OR	64 mi	53 min			60°F

Wind History for Longview, WA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Southwest Washington Regional Airport, WA	9 mi	51 min	Var 3	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	66°F	53°F	63%	1023.4 hPa
Scappoose Industrial Airpark, OR	16 mi	54 min	SSE 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	68°F	54°F	61%	1022.2 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KKLS

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Tide / Current Tables for Vancouver, Columbia River, Washington (dubious accuracy)

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Tide / Current Tables for Knappa, Knappa Slough, Columbia River, Oregon

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Portland, OR (14,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, OR

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