815  
FZUS71 KAKQ 010226  
MWSAKQ  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
926 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2025  
 
ANZ632-634-638-010500-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK VA TO CAPE HENRY VA INCLUDING  
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-  
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE-  
TUNNEL-  
926 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2025  
 
...GUSTY WINDS IN THE LOWER BAY AND LOWER JAMES RIVER THIS  
EVENING...  
 
MARINE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND  
JAMES RIVER ARE REPORTING OCCASIONAL SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN  
20 AND 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY PERSIST FOR  
THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOME AROUND MIDNIGHT.  
HOWEVER, A PERIOD OF MORE WIDESPREAD ELEVATED WINDS ARE LIKELY  
LATER SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND A SMALL  
CRAFT ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT STARTING AT 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
BOATERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SMALL CRAFTS, SHOULD UTILIZE CAUTION  
IF ON THE WATER THIS EVENING AND BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN HIGHER GUSTS  
AND WAVES.  
 

 
 
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