NWS Eureka Issues Hazardous Seas Warning Through Sunday Evening for Northwest California Waters on November 8: Large Swell Near 20 Feet in Places, With Offshore Seas Building to 17 Feet Tonight
OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — The National Weather Service office in Eureka, California, in its Coastal Waters Forecast issued at 8:32 a.m. PST on Sunday, November 8, said a larger swell arriving today is creating potentially hazardous conditions, with waves close to 20 feet in some areas, before gradually diminishing into Monday. Winds ease and briefly turn northerly today behind a front; moderate to fresh southerly winds return Monday with another front.
By zone: for coastal waters from Point St. George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nautical miles, a Hazardous Seas Warning is in effect through this evening, with seas of 14 feet today and 15 feet tonight. For the same stretch from 10 to 60 nautical miles, a Hazardous Seas Warning is also in effect through this evening, with seas of 16 feet today building to 17 feet tonight. From Cape Mendocino to Point Arena out 10 nautical miles, a Small Craft Advisory is in effect through Monday evening, with seas of 14 feet today and 15 feet tonight. In the offshore waters beyond that stretch, a Small Craft Advisory ran until 9 a.m. and a Hazardous Seas Warning is in effect through this evening, with seas of 15 feet today and 16 feet tonight. The dominant swell is from the west at periods of 13 to 16 seconds.
The forecast brings southerly winds of 10 to 20 knots and rain on Monday, with seas falling to 8 to 13 feet, followed by seas of 8 to 12 feet Tuesday through Thursday, with another chance of rain on Thursday.
Source: National Weather Service Eureka
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