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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
446 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2025
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NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
446 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2025
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15
TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET. FOR THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
WARNING, HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AT A RATE OF 2 CM PER HOUR OR
GREATER EXPECTED, AND MAY RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS.
* WHERE...MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI.
* WHEN...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY.
FOR THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING, FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...OPERATING A VESSEL IN HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS
HAZARDOUS. FREEZING SPRAY MAY RENDER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS INOPERATIVE. RAPID ICE ACCRETION ON DECKS AND
SUPERSTRUCTURES MAY RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF
STABILITY. CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON
THEIR VESSEL. IF POSSIBLE, REMAIN IN PORT, AVOID THE WARNING AREA
OR CONDUCT MITIGATION.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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