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FZUS71 KBOX 032117
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
517 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025
ANZ230-250-251-032145-
517 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025
..A FRONT APPROACHING THE WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BOSTON HARBOR...
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...
MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY...
AT 514 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FRONT, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A NORTHWEST WINDSHIFT WITH SPEEDS AROUND 30 KNOTS. THIS FRONT WAS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCKPORT TO NEAR SALEM TO 6 NM
WEST OF REVERE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN POINT MA, BOSTON HARBOR, BEVERLY HARBOR, BOSTON BUOY 44013,
BOSTON LIGHT, MASS BAY BUOY 44029, THATCHER ISLAND, MARBLEHEAD NECK,
BROAD SOUND, MINOT LIGHT, AND SANDY BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND BRIEFLY ROUGH SEAS.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE MONITORING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED TO HANDLE STRONG WIND AND LIGHTNING THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT NEARS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
CONSIDER HEADING FOR SAFE HARBOR.
LAT...LON 4257 7007 4223 7076 4236 7105 4237 7106
4239 7106 4239 7105 4235 7101 4238 7101
4237 7097 4245 7097 4250 7089 4254 7090
4258 7070 4264 7068 4259 7065 4264 7059
4267 7062 4270 7054
LOCONTO
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