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Marine Weather and Tides Rainier, OR Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:38AM

Sunset 4:27PM

Saturday December 7, 2019 6:37 AM PST (14:37 UTC)

Moonrise 2:27PM

Moonset 2:38AM

Illumination 81%

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 Rainier, OR

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 071022 AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Portland OR 222 AM PST Sat Dec 7 2019

SYNOPSIS. An upper level low well off the north California coast early this morning will move east and weaken today. This will bring periods of light rain to the area. The unsettled conditions continue through Saturday night. High pressure returns to the area Sunday and persists into early next week for another potential round of air quality issues.

SHORT TERM. Today through Monday . Water vapor pictures this morning showed an upper low near 40N 130W moving east, with an upper level trough extending northeast across the northwest corner of Oregon and into Washington. A few distinct shortwaves were seen lined up along the east side of the trough and lifting north- northeast. The first was crossing the Columbia early this morning, associated with the batch of rain that was lifting into Washington early this morning. The second wave was approaching the coast along the California-Oregon border, and expected to cross the region later this morning and given the current rain shield associated with it should be good for categorical pops across most of the region. The third was rounding the base of the trough near 37N at 130W. Models suggest this wave will brush across at least the southern part of the forecast area late this afternoon or evening with the main upper trough axis following later in the night. Overall this will keep pops high through this afternoon, then decreasing Sat night into Sun. Surface observations showed the upper part of the Hood River valley with temperatures around freezing still at 2 AM, with temperatures likely to slowly rise this morning. It is not clear if rain there will completely end between short waves this morning as weak isentropic lift continues in the low levels, so will keep the winter weather advisory for the Upper Hood River Valley going through 10 AM.

For Sunday through Monday models have been consistent in shifting a sharp upper ridge into the region. This will set up a dry and stable weather pattern, which will favor the development of stagnant air in the low levels along with conditions favorable for the development of fog and low clouds.

LONG TERM. Monday night through Saturday . First wave to push into and potentially through the upper ridge is expected by models to arrive about Tuesday or Tuesday night. Traditionally models tend to overestimate precipitations chances with the first system through, but enough GEFS members and the 00Z EC operational run suggest sufficient energy/moisture to warrant raising pops a bit Tue, as well as spreading pops inland a little quicker.

Remainder of long term discussion unchanged . When examining the WPC 500mb height clusters for next Thursday through Saturday, there is general agreement that a broad deep positively tilted trough will dig southward over the southern Gulf of Alaska while a shortwave ridge builds northward along the West Coast of the US. This pattern appears favorable for an atmospheric river to move northeastward towards the Pacific Northwest. However, there are considerable differences in the models in the amplitude of the shortwave ridge over the West Coast, which makes a big difference in whether or not it will impact Oregon, Washington or British Columbia later next week. /Neuman

AVIATION. Moist southwesterly flow aloft, with upper disturbances embedded in the flow. Back edge of the first will push north of Columbia River by 12Z. This will maintain mix of VFR with light rain, along with pockets of IFR inland. Next system will arrive after daybreak, and spread rain across most of the region from south to north after 14Z. Will see widespread MVFR across thee region at that time, with rain. Best conditions will along the coast this am, but even there will see increasing MVFR as onshore flow starts increasing after 20Z.

KPDX AND APPROACHES . VFR until 14Z, with brief occasional cigs dropping down to IFR. As next upper disturbance arrives this am, will see conditions lower to MVFR between 14Z and 16Z, with rain increasing. Though vis will improve by late afternoon, MVFR CIGS will persist into the evening. /Rockey

MARINE. Broad area of low pres along the coast will gradually shift inland over Oregon today and tonight, with main surface low moving into far northern Calif. East to southeasterly winds of 10 to 15 kt will gradually weaken today and tonight. Winds will gradually turn more northerly on Sunday, as high pres builds over the northeast Pac.

Seas have been running around 10 to 11 ft, thanks to bit more southerly swell. But, this fetch will subside today, as the main low shifts towards northern Calif and fetch area decreases. Will maintain a mix of swell, with a westerly base swell of 4 to 5 ft, and the south to southwest swell of 7 to 10 ft. As the southerly swell decreases, the westerly swell will slowly build on Sun, becoming the dominant swell by later Sun afternoon.

Benign pattern over the region for start of next week, with lighter winds and smaller swell. But, that will change later in the week as more active pattern returns, with more winds and larger swells arriving by late Thu and Fri.

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning for Upper Hood River Valley.

Air Stagnation Advisory until noon PST Tuesday for Cascade Foothills in Lane County-Central Willamette Valley-Greater Portland Metro Area-Lower Columbia-Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills-South Willamette Valley.

WA . Air Stagnation Advisory until noon PST Tuesday for Greater Vancouver Area-I-5 Corridor in Cowlitz County-South Washington Cascade Foothills.

PZ . Small Craft Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning for coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Florence OR out 60 NM.




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This discussion is for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington from the Cascade crest to 60 nautical miles offshore. This area is commonly referred to as the forecast area.

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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	0 mi	56 min			46°F		1007 hPa
ASTO3 - 9439040 - Astoria, OR	44 mi	50 min	SSE 4.1 G 8
46243 - Clatsop Spit, OR - 162	63 mi	38 min			49°F	7 ft

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	3 mi	42 min	SSE 7	8.00 mi	Overcast	44°F	42°F	93%	1007.7 hPa
Scappoose Industrial Airpark, OR	23 mi	45 min	SSW 3	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	43°F	39°F	89%	1007.4 hPa

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

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

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Wind Forecast for Portland, OR (9,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, OR

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