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FZPN23 KWNM 181100
OFFN08

NAVTEX Marine Forecast for northern California waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
400 AM PDT Fri Oct 18 2024

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS... A high pressure ridge will build across the N and
central waters today and tonight as a low pressure trough
develops along the coast. The ridge will weaken Sat and Sat
night, then drift S over the region Sun into Mon. A cold front
will move S over the N and central waters Sun and Sun night, then
stall and dissipate across the central waters Mon into Mon night.
Another ridge will build S across the region Mon night, then
continue Tue and Tue night.

Point Saint George to Point Arena

.TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

Point Arena to Point Piedras Blancas

.TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.