727  
WHUS71 KCAR 212114  
MWWCAR  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
414 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
ANZ050-051-221000-  
/O.CON.KCAR.SC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-250122T0300Z/  
/O.NEW.KCAR.UP.Y.0003.250122T0800Z-250122T1500Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT  
25 NM-  
414 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS  
EVENING...  
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT  
WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. FOR THE FREEZING  
SPRAY ADVISORY, MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING SPRAY  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME  
OUT 25 NM AND COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO  
STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS  
EVENING. FOR THE FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY, FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM  
EST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* 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...  
 
DURING FREEZING SPRAY CONDITIONS THE U.S. COAST GUARD ADVISES  
THAT YOU ENSURE ALL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT REMAINS FREE OF ICE.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
ANZ052-221000-  
/O.NEW.KCAR.UP.Y.0003.250122T0800Z-250122T1500Z/  
INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME-  
414 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING SPRAY EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO  
STONINGTON, ME.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DURING FREEZING SPRAY CONDITIONS THE U.S. COAST GUARD ADVISES  
THAT YOU ENSURE ALL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT REMAINS FREE OF ICE.  
 
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THEIR VESSEL  
AND CONSIDER ALTERING PLANS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE THESE HAZARDOUS  
NAVIGATING CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
 
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