FORECASTS OF WAVE HEIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE EFFECTS OF WIND DIRECTION
 RELATIVE TO TIDAL CURRENTS.  EXPECT HIGHER WAVES WHEN WINDS ARE
 BLOWING AGAINST THE TIDAL FLOW.
 
 
 
 ANZ500-092045-
 1201 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
 A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE
 OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COASTAL LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF
 THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATER TONIGHT...STRENGTHENING WINDS AND
 BRINGING GALE CONDITIONS OF THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE
 TIDAL POTOMAC FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. SMALL
 CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
 
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 FORECASTS OF WAVE HEIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE EFFECTS OF WIND DIRECTION
 RELATIVE TO TIDAL CURRENTS.  EXPECT HIGHER WAVES WHEN WINDS ARE
 BLOWING AGAINST THE TIDAL FLOW.
 
 
 
 ANZ541-092045-
 CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER-
 1201 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
 
 GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 

 THIS AFTERNOON
 E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
 SNOW EARLY...THEN SNOW. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

 TONIGHT
 NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WAVES 1 FT.
 SNOW AND SLEET. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

 WED
 N WINDS 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT
 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WAVES 4 FT. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR
 LESS.

 WED NIGHT
 NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. WAVES 4 FT. SNOW LIKELY.

 THU
 NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WAVES 4 FT.

 THU NIGHT
 NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WAVES 3 FT.

 FRI
 NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 2 FT.

 SAT
 W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 2 FT.
 
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