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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1053 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
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NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1053 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING, HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY AT A RATE OF 2 CM PER HOUR OR GREATER MAY RAPIDLY
ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES 3 TO
7 FEET.
* WHERE...MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...OPERATING A VESSEL IN HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS
HAZARDOUS. FREEZING SPRAY MAY RENDER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS INOPERATIVE. RAPID ICE ACCRETION ON DECKS AND
SUPERSTRUCTURES MAY RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF
STABILITY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON
THEIR VESSEL. IF POSSIBLE, REMAIN IN PORT, AVOID THE WARNING AREA
OR CONDUCT MITIGATION.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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