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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
857 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

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/O.NEW.KSEW.GL.W.0043.130620T1500Z-130621T0000Z/
NORTHERN INLAND WATERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS-
857 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY.

* WIND AND WAVES...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS RISING TO 25 TO
  35 KNOTS THURSDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 4
  TO 6 FEET THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ131-132-201200-
/O.EXT.KSEW.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-130620T1800Z/
CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
857 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY...

* WIND AND WAVES...WEST WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS RISING TO 25 TO 35
  KNOTS THIS EVENING. WEST WIND 25 TO 35 KNOTS CONTINUING UNTIL
  LATE THURSDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 4 TO
  6 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ130-201200-
/O.CON.KSEW.SC.Y.0120.000000T0000Z-130620T1200Z/
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
857 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY...

* WIND AND WAVES...WEST WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4
  FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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