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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

504 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017



ANZ350-353-355-152100-

/O.NEW.KOKX.SW.Y.0018.170816T0200Z-170816T2200Z/

MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-

FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-

SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-

504 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM

THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT

ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS

EVENING TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.



* SEAS...3 TO 5 FT BY LATE THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT  

  ON WEDNESDAY.

  



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT SEAS OF 5 FT

OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL

CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELLS

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 THAT BREAKING WAVES CAN 

EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.



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