Small Craft Advisory For Hazardous Seas

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
717 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI OUT TO
25 NM

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VINEYARD SOUND-
717 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT THIS MORNING.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS
MORNING WITH VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. VSBY 1 NM
OR LESS.
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG.
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

SEAS ARE REPORTED AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE
AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST THIRD OF THE WAVES.  INDIVIDUAL WAVE
HEIGHTS MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

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Small Craft Advisory

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
344 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

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VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
344 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* SEAS...3 TO 5 FEET.

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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