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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
850 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

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POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT SAL WESTWARD OUT TO 10 NM-
850 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT
  THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WIND WILL
  INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS
  AS HIGH AS 40 KT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST AT TIMES THROUGH
  THURSDAY NIGHT. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BUILD TUESDAY
  NIGHT...PEAKING AT 10 TO 14 FEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

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POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT SAL FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PT. SAL TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM
INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS-
850 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE
  BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY
  NIGHT. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THERE WILL BE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 KT. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BUILD ON
  TUESDAY NIGHT...PEAKING TO 14 TO 18 FEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

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OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO
60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS-
850 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT
  TONIGHT. THE WIND WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BY TUESDAY
  NIGHT...PERSISTING AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...WHEN NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT
  CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED NORTHWEST
  OF SAN NICHOLAS ISLAND. VERY STEEP SEAS WILL BUILD ON TUESDAY
  NIGHT...PEAKING AT 13 TO 16 FEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

$$






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