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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUOY 46015 DEPLOYMENT...NDBC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
923 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2005 PDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFFSHORE WITH A THERMAL TROUGH
ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY. THE THERMAL TROUGH EXPANDS NORTHWARD LATE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING DECREASING NORTHERLY WINDS
TO THE WATERS NEAR CAPE BLANCO BY FRIDAY NIGHT. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING EXPECT POSSIBLE LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG TO
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 8 FEET
FRIDAY EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 5 TO 6 FEET ON SATURDAY.
THEN A SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED TO BRING A
MARINE STRATUS SURGE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
ALSO BRING A CHANCE FOR AREAS OF FOG THROUGH THE DAY. THERE IS
SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE STRATUS SURGE...MAINLY
IN WHETHER IT WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR HOLD OFF TILL
SATURDAY EVENING.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KTS IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 5 TO 10 KTS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
                    EVENING.
WIND WAVE...........2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MORNING BECOMING 2
                    FEET OR LESS.
SWELL HEIGHT........NORTHWEST SWELL 5 FEET AT 8 SECONDS AND
                    SOUTHWEST 2 FEET AT 15 SECONDS.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...JOHN LOVEGROVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120802.BUOY4.02/MFR