769  
WHUS71 KGYX 212012  
MWWGYX  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
312 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
ANZ150-221215-  
/O.CON.KGYX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250121T2300Z/  
/O.NEW.KGYX.UP.Y.0002.250122T0800Z-250122T1500Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON, ME TO PORT CLYDE, ME OUT 25 NM-  
312 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS  
EVENING...  
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT  
WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT AND SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. FOR THE FREEZING  
SPRAY ADVISORY, MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING SPRAY  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON, ME TO PORT CLYDE, ME  
OUT 25 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 6 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...  
 
MARINERS SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERING PLANS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE  
HAZARDOUS ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THEIR VESSEL. DURING FREEZING  
SPRAY CONDITIONS THE U.S. COAST GUARD ADVISES THAT YOU ENSURE ALL  
LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT REMAINS FREE OF ICE.  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
 
 
ANZ151-221215-  
/O.NEW.KGYX.UP.Y.0002.250122T0800Z-250122T1500Z/  
PENOBSCOT BAY-  
312 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...PENOBSCOT BAY.  
 
* 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...  
 
MARINERS SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERING PLANS TO AVOID OR MITIGATE  
HAZARDOUS ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THEIR VESSEL. DURING FREEZING  
SPRAY CONDITIONS THE U.S. COAST GUARD ADVISES THAT YOU ENSURE ALL  
LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT REMAINS FREE OF ICE.  
 
 
 
 
 
ANZ152-154-212300-  
/O.CON.KGYX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250121T2300Z/  
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-  
312 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT AND SEAS  
2 TO 5 FT.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE, ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH,  
ME OUT 25 NM AND COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH, ME TO  
MERRIMACK RIVER, MA OUT 25 NM.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.  
 
* 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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