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Pacific Situational Awareness

Updates automatically four times a day — 6 AM, noon, 6 PM, and 10 PM Pacific.
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NHC is monitoring Atlantic tropical activity. 5 Pacific geographies have active NWS alerts; highest current level is Warning in WA.

HighestWarningWA
Active Areas5 / 8WA, OR, CA, MT, AK
NWS Alerts26WA, OR, MT, AK
TropicsQuietNHC official outlook

Risk Overview

ProductStatusConditions
NHCQuietNHC is monitoring Atlantic tropical activity. Thumbnail/data marked stale; last successful cached view retained.
GFSQuiet4 AM PST Nov 8 model panel cached for reference. NHC and CPC are the official sources.
EuroQuiet10 PM PST Nov 7 model panel cached for reference. NHC and CPC are the official sources.
Excessive RainfallAdvisoryFlooding or heavy-rain related NWS alerts are active in CA. Use WPC ERO for the official day-by-day rainfall risk.
Active Fires & PotentialWatch34 wildfires 10+ acres in Pacific, 17 not fully contained (largest uncontained: GRASSHOPPER, 93,972 acres, 98% contained, OR). NIFC 7-day fire potential outlook cached for reference.
Extreme HeatQuietNo Pacific heat-specific NWS alerts returned at generation time. Continue heat monitoring through local NWS offices.
SPCAdvisorySPC Day 1 Convective Outlook: General Thunderstorms Risk (WA). Open SPC for the categorical map and forecast discussion.
PowerOutage.usQuietOpen live dashboard for current outage counts.

SPC Convective Outlook — Pacific Lookahead

SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook map
Day 1 · TodayAdvisoryGeneral Thunderstorms Risk (WA)
Day 2 · TomorrowQuietNo categorical risk area over Pacific states.
Day 3QuietNo categorical risk area over Pacific states.

Categorical severe-thunderstorm risk from the Storm Prediction Center, limited to Pacific states. The Day 1 map is shown; open SPC for the full national maps and discussion.

Pacific Alert Map

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Mapped Alert Summary

AreaLevelActive AlertsEvents
WashingtonWarning2High Surf Warning
OregonWarning3High Surf Advisory, High Surf Warning
CaliforniaAdvisory13Beach Hazards Statement, Coastal Flood Advisory, Dense Fog Advisory, High Surf Advisory
IdahoQuiet0None returned
MontanaWarning3High Wind Warning, Wind Advisory
NevadaQuiet0None returned
AlaskaWarning5High Wind Watch, Winter Storm Watch
HawaiiQuiet0None returned

Source Cards

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NHC Eastern Pacific Outlook

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Model

GFS Eastern Pacific Model Guidance

Status: Fetched
Source time: 4 AM PST Nov 8
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Model

ECMWF Eastern Pacific Model Guidance

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Source time: 10 PM PST Nov 7
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Rainfall

WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook

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Fire

7-Day Significant Fire Potential

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Severe

SPC Convective Outlook

Status: Fetched
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Infrastructure

PowerOutage.us

Status: Fetched
Open live dashboard for current outage counts.
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Watch Items

  • Treat GFS and ECMWF panels as model context only; official outlooks govern the briefing language.
  • Use the map as current alert context, not as a replacement for local NWS warning text.