SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1136 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

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COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
1136 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
SUNDAY TO 6 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY
TO 6 AM EST MONDAY.

A HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL RESULT IN INCREASING
NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
THESE WINDS WILL HAVE A LONG FETCH...RESULTING IN BUILDING SEAS OF 5
FT OR HIGHER ACROSS THE OPEN COASTAL WATERS EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1136 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

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/O.CAN.KBOX.SC.Y.0118.091122T1700Z-091123T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.SW.Y.0048.091122T1700Z-091123T1100Z/
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD
AND NANTUCKET-
1136 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
SUNDAY TO 6 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY
TO 6 AM EST MONDAY.

A HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL RESULT IN INCREASING
NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
THESE WINDS WILL HAVE A LONG FETCH...RESULTING IN BUILDING SEAS OF 5
FT OR HIGHER ACROSS THE OPEN COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF NANTUCKET AND
THE VINEYARD. WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO APPROACH 25 KT SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT
THIS WILL DEPEND UPON THE PROXIMITY OF A LOW PRESSURE WELL SOUTH OF
NEW ENGLAND.|

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

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