Example of Small Craft Advisory
This is an example of a Small Craft Advisory from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Los Angeles, California.
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 906 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012 PZZ670-171215- /O.NEW.KLOX.SC.Y.0036.120317T0406Z-120317T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KLOX.GL.W.0016.120317T2200Z-120319T1000Z/ /O.UPG.KLOX.GL.A.0010.120318T0000Z-120319T1000Z/ WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 906 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING FOR THE WATERS FROM POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE THORUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SEAS...SHORT-PERIOD AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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.Read more about this topic: Small Craft Advisory
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