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Marine Weather and Tides Tokeland, WA Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:47AM

Sunset 4:28PM

Monday December 9, 2019 3:05 PM PST (23:05 UTC)

Moonrise 3:18PM

Moonset 4:53AM

Illumination 96%

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 Tokeland, WA

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 092255 AFDPQR

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

SYNOPSIS. Dry today, but wet pattern resumes Tue, as a series of fronts 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 continues into next weekend, though there are some hints of drying later next weekend. Snow levels stay at or above pass levels through at least midweek.

SHORT TERM. This afternoon through Thursday . The 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. Rain should spread to the coast late tonight, then inland generally after daybreak Tuesday. The system is getting stretched apart, so support for rainfall is limited and rainfall amounts will be mostly less than 0.25". Remains of the front will gradually shift inland during the day, with rain becoming more spotty in nature by mid to late afternoon.

Expect showers to continue Tuesday night and through much of the day Wednesday as weak ridge passes over the region. But the next front will be fast approaching from the west on Wednesday. Used the SREF for rain arrival timing Wednesday, which puts it at the coast Wednesday afternoon, spreading inland Wednesday evening. Some models are a little bit slower than this, so will continue to refine timing.

Another shortwave moves into the Pacific NW Thursday, keeping rain chances high. This looks like it could be a rather juicy system, with widespread rainfall totals of 1" between Wednesday night and Thursday, higher in the terrain. However, given dry antecedent conditions, don't expect any river flooding. Snow levels say above 5000 ft through Thursday, so don't expect much snow accumulation on the Cascade passes. Bowen

LONG TERM. Thursday night through Monday . Models and their ensembles are in good agreement a broad shortwave trough will be in place over the Gulf of Alaska with a broad downstream and low amplitude shortwave ridge over the Great Basin late in the week. This will place the Pacific Northwest in a progressive westerly flow pattern through the first half of the weekend. Expect several rounds of showers Thursday night, Friday, and again on Saturday as shortwave trough slides eastward across the area. Snow levels should gradually lower from around 4000-5000 ft Thursday night to 2000-3000 ft Saturday as colder air from the Gulf of Alaska trough spreads eastward across the area. This should result in at least some snow for the Cascade passes Friday and Saturday, but at this point, it looks questionable that 6-12" will fall in any given 12 hour period at pass level. There seems to be reasonable agreement that shortwave ridging will then develop over the eastern Pacific and Pacific Northwest Sunday into Monday. This should result in the area temporarily drying out Sunday and/or Monday, but there is a bit more uncertainty in how this time period will play out when examining ensemble data. /Neuman

AVIATION. A few clouds are still hanging around 1500ft causing a persistent mix of MVFR/VFR ceilings across much of the area. Continued stable conditions this evening may bring a return of IFR conditions by Tuesday morning with patchy fog and frost across much of the Willamette Valley. East winds will progressively shift to a southerly wind as a weak front moves onshore Tuesday afternoon.

KPDX AND APPROACHES . VFR conditions should persist through this evening as increasing east winds will likely keep the area clear, particularly KPDX eastward. -BPhillips

MARINE. Offshore flow will continue through the day with southerly winds increasing through the evening. Winds will strengthen overnight to 15 to 20 kt with wind gusts near 25 kt in the outer waters with seas reaching 11 ft. The inner waters could reach small craft thresholds in some areas but the advisory will hold only for the outer waters at this time. Winds will weaken by tomorrow evening for a brief period before the next system however seas will stay around 10 ft.

A strong low pressure will form in the NE Pacific around 160 W tonight into Tuesday which will produce a significant westerly swell that could reach 15 to 17 ft according to the ECMWF. This system will not move across the area but will move north along the Canadian coastline. The strong surface front however will cross the waters Wednesday night through Thursday morning which has the potential for gale force gusts Wednesday afternoon according to the 18Z hi-res models. -BPhillips

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . 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 from 1 AM to 10 PM PST Tuesday for coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Florence OR from 10 to 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
TOKW1 - 9440910 - Toke Point, WA	0 mi	83 min	ESE 9.9 G 11	49°F	48°F		1022.2 hPa
WPTW1 - 9441102 - Westport, WA	15 mi	89 min	E 8 G 13	49°F	48°F		1022.1 hPa
46211 - Grays Harbor, WA (036)	18 mi	35 min			49°F	5 ft
46243 - Clatsop Spit, OR - 162	35 mi	35 min			49°F	5 ft
ASTO3 - 9439040 - Astoria, OR	36 mi	83 min	N 7 G 11	47°F	46°F		1021.4 hPa
46029 - COL RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth	48 mi	75 min	NE 1.9 G 3.9	45°F	50°F	6 ft	1021.7 hPa (-1.5)	45°F

Wind History for Toke Point, WA

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Airport Reports

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Hoquiam, Bowerman Airport, WA	19 mi	72 min	E 10	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	49°F	44°F	83%	1022.7 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Toke Point, Willapa Bay, Washington (3)

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Wind Forecast for Portland, OR (18,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, OR

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