National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

Small Craft Advisory

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
717 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

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RHODE ISLAND SOUND-
717 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED TSTMS
THIS MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
TSTMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL
THIS AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT. PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. SHOWERS WITH TSTMS LIKELY. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT... BECOMING SW
5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SHOWERS WITH TSTMS
LIKELY.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

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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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
425 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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RHODE ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
425 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
EDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. GUSTS UP TO 25 KT
  TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SEAS 3 TO 6 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 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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