URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
358 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT...
.SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING WITH PERSISTENT INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY WITH SEAS LIKELY PEAKING AT 5 TO
8 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
358 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS.
* SEAS...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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.