Radio messages received this morning from the USS Salt Lake City, due in Puget Sound navy yard around noon today, said the 9,000-ton heavy cruiser would be delayed because of bad weather conditions.

The report stated the vessel had encountered heavy head winds of gale velocity along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts, and would probably not arrive here until late tonight or tomorrow.

The Salt Lake city, recently detached from the battle force in San Diego- San Pedro area, is en-route to Puget sound navy yard for a three month routine overhaul.

Additional radio messages posted at naval headquarters here today said storm warnings had been raised along the entire southern Washington coast and around the mouth of the Columbia River. All light craft were waned to remain in harbor and only vessels of considerable tonnage were able to negotiate the bar.

Further weather reports from naval radio stations and ships around the Panama Canal zone and the northern Mexican coast, told of serious storm conditions existing off the coast of northern and central Mexico, with winds approaching hurricane proportions.