987  
WHUS71 KBOX 091752  
MWWBOX  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
1252 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256-100700-  
/O.UPG.KBOX.GL.A.0025.251210T0600Z-251211T0000Z/  
/O.NEW.KBOX.GL.W.0041.251210T0600Z-251211T1100Z/  
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-  
RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-  
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK  
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA  
OUT 20 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD  
AND NANTUCKET-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT  
TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-  
1252 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AND  
SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE  
ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD  
CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MARINERS SHOULD ALTER PLANS TO AVOID THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
REMAIN IN PORT, SEEK SAFE HARBOR, ALTER COURSE, AND/OR SECURE THE  
VESSEL FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
ANZ230-236-100700-  
/O.EXT.KBOX.SC.Y.0126.251210T0300Z-251211T1100Z/  
BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-  
1252 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO  
6 AM EST THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AND  
WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS, BOSTON HARBOR. IN  
RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS, NARRAGANSETT BAY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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