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Marine Weather and Tides Chinook, WA Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:47AM

Sunset 4:28PM

Monday December 9, 2019 6:58 AM PST (14:58 UTC)

Moonrise 3:19PM

Moonset 4:52AM

Illumination 94%

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 Chinook, WA

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 091056 AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Portland OR 255 AM PST Mon Dec 9 2019

SYNOPSIS. Dry today, but wet pattern resumes Tue, as a series of front line up to push into the Pac NW this week. More rain arrives later Wed, with rather wet Thu on tap. The wet unsettled weather continuing into next weekend, though there is some hints of drying later next weekend. Snow levels stay at or above pass levels.

SHORT TERM. Today through Wednesday . Brief ridging over the region today, with dry weather on tap. However, still have considerable low clouds across much the region, with areas of morning fog. No fog advisories as visibility in the fog will generally be a half to 2 miles. Any dense fog will be rather spotty and localized. However, A different case for the Willamette Valley from Wilsonville southward through Eugene, as will see widespread fog with visibility below 1 mile. Will put up Dense Fog Advisory for Central and South WIllamette Valley, for areas of dense fog. But, will not issue any dense fog advisory for the interior from Portland northward, as the dense fog for those areas would be patchy and localized. Air mass will remain quite saturated for this morning, so any fog will be slow to thin.

Otherwise, mix of sun and clouds on top above the fog, with mild temperatures expected again today.

Next front will approach the region later tonight, with increasing mid and high clouds. Thicker clouds do not arrive until later tonight, so will be plenty of time for temperatures to cool and air mass to saturate, with areas of fog for the interior. Spotty rain should spread the coast late tonight, with rain spreading inland after daybreak Tue. System is getting stretched apart, so support for any decent rainfall is limited. Will keep PoPs somewhat elevated, but rainfall amounts will be on the lighter side. Remains of the front will gradually shift inland during the day, with rain becoming more spotty in nature by mid to late afternoon.

Brief break for Tue night into early Wed, as weak ridge passes over the region. But, the next front will be fast approaching from the west on Wed. At moment, have decided to go with a 60-40 blend of the GFS/NAM and ECMWF runs, which have timing differences with arrival of the rain. But, all seem to agree that rain will be increasing over the region late Wed afternoon into the evening. Will trend forecasts in that direction. /Rockey

LONG TERM. Wednesday night through Sunday . A front will move into northwest Oregon and southwest Washington on Thursday bringing ample precipitation to the area. While it will predominately fall as rain, snow is expected along the Cascades. This front is well ahead of a broad low pressure system with the low centered over the northern Gulf of Alaska. As the low moves eastward, zonal flow will take over. This generally westerly flow will usher in colder air from the North Pacific which will cause temperatures to begin to fall slightly on Friday. Snow levels will follow suit dropping to near 3,500 ft Friday night. A weak shortwave and continuous cold air flow will bring low temperatures to the mid 30s through the Willamette Vally, and snow levels below 2,000 ft on Sunday.

At this point, models are in decent agreement with the overall synoptic pattern, but there is quite a bit of spread in the mesoscale features. The spread in solutions is leading to less confidence in the output after Friday. /Muessle

AVIATION. Conditions generally IFR to LIFR early this morning with more LIFR south of KUAO and better conditions to the north. From about KUAO north there is a cloud layer around 1000-1500 ft that has hindering fog from becoming dense. Model consensus shows significant improvement around 18Z and most areas becoming VFR around 21Z. Continued stable conditions this evening will bring a return of IFR conditions after 08Z. However with the upper ridge shifting east of the Cascades late tonight and early Tue, increasing clouds and southwest flow aloft will likely affect fog development. Also increasing east wind from the Gorge will likely keep KTTD and KPDX VFR.

KPDX AND APPROACHES . Will see IFR/LIFR conditions in the area improve 17-18Z with VFR likely shortly after. Increasing east wind will likely keep the area VFR through tonight, particularly KPDX eastward. /mh

MARINE. Another quiet day across the marine waters with light offshore flow with seas around 5 to 6 ft at 11 seconds. But this will change as a series of front will affect the waters through mid week. By Tue morning the first front to bring southerly wind gusts 25 kt, but then quickly fall back to the 15 kt. Seas will temporarily build to near 11 ft Tue afternoon.

Zonal westerly flow around a broad low pressure over the north Pacific is expected to increase seas to near 15 ft by Thu. While the low is not expected to advance towards the waters, a shortwave embedded in the flow around the low will. At this time, confidence in this system is not high as models are depicting seas a bit higher than what would generally be expected with this system. It is possible that seas will be increased as the event comes closer. /mh -Muessle

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . Air Stagnation Advisory until noon Tuesday for much of the interior below 1500 feet elevation.

Dense Fog Advisory for central and south Willamette Valley until noon today.

WA . Air Stagnation Advisory until noon Tuesday for much of interior southwest Washington below 1500 feet elevation.

PZ . None.



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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
46243 - Clatsop Spit, OR - 162	10 mi	58 min			49°F	4 ft
ASTO3 - 9439040 - Astoria, OR	11 mi	58 min	N 1.9 G 4.1	44°F	46°F		1022.8 hPa (+0.0)
46029 - COL RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth	30 mi	68 min	E 7.8 G 9.7	47°F	49°F	6 ft	1023 hPa (+0.0)	46°F
TOKW1 - 9440910 - Toke Point, WA	30 mi	64 min	ENE 8 G 8.9	48°F	47°F		1023.4 hPa
46248 - Astoria Canyon, OR (179)	38 mi	58 min			49°F	6 ft
46211 - Grays Harbor, WA (036)	44 mi	58 min			49°F	5 ft
WPTW1 - 9441102 - Westport, WA	45 mi	82 min	E 7 G 9.9	46°F	47°F		1023.4 hPa
TLBO3 - 9437540 - Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay, OR	49 mi	64 min			48°F		1022.9 hPa

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Astoria, Astoria Regional Airport, OR	8 mi	63 min	NE 4	0.25 mi	Fog	41°F	41°F	100%	1022.8 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Chinook, Baker Bay, Columbia River, Washington

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Tide / Current Tables for Columbia River entrance (N. Jetty), Washington

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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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