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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
340 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2021
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COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON, ME TO PORT CLYDE, ME OUT 25 NM-
PENOBSCOT BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE, ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH, ME OUT
25 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH, ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER, MA OUT
25 NM-
340 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2021
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST SUNDAY...
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE GALE WARNING, NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 KT AND SEAS 4 TO 7 FT EXPECTED. FOR THE FREEZING
SPRAY ADVISORY, MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING SPRAY
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON,ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER, MA
OUT 25 NM AND PENOBSCOT BAY.
* WHEN...FOR THE GALE WARNING, FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON
EST SUNDAY. FOR THE FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY, FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...OPERATING A VESSEL IN FREEZING SPRAY IS HAZARDOUS.
FREEZING SPRAY MAY RENDER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
INOPERATIVE. ICE ACCRETION ON DECKS AND SUPERSTRUCTURES MAY
RESULT IN SOME LOSS OF STABILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND
REDUCE VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THEIR VESSEL
AND CONSIDER ALTERING PLANS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE THESE HAZARDOUS
NAVIGATING CONDITIONS.
MARINERS SHOULD ALTER PLANS TO AVOID THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
REMAIN IN PORT, SEEK SAFE HARBOR, ALTER COURSE, AND/OR SECURE THE
VESSEL FOR SEVERE CONDITIONS.
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CASCO BAY-
340 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2021
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY...
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT
WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AND SEAS 1 TO 3 FT EXPECTED. FOR THE
FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY, MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING
SPRAY EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CASCO BAY.
* WHEN...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 PM EST SUNDAY. FOR THE FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY, FROM 9 PM
THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...OPERATING A VESSEL IN FREEZING SPRAY IS HAZARDOUS.
FREEZING SPRAY MAY RENDER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
INOPERATIVE. ICE ACCRETION ON DECKS AND SUPERSTRUCTURES MAY
RESULT IN SOME LOSS OF STABILITY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS
TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THEIR VESSEL
AND CONSIDER ALTERING PLANS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE THESE HAZARDOUS
NAVIGATING CONDITIONS.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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