National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

Small Craft Advisory

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1027 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

AMZ158-232100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0200.000000T0000Z-091123T2100Z/
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
1027 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SEAS UP TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NEAR THE COAST. SEAS
WILL SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1013 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

FROM S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM...
INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND THE MONITOR NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY

AMZ158-240230-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
1013 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT MAINLY IN
OUTER WATERS...3 TO 5 FT NEAR SHORE. DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SECONDS. A
CHANCE OF RAIN. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SECONDS. AREAS OF DRIZZLE. AREAS OF
FOG.
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.

WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

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