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FZUS76 KMTR 240944
MWSMTR
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
144 AM PST WED DEC 24 2025
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144 AM PST WED DEC 24 2025
..SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES CALIFORNIA OUT TO 10
NM...
WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES 10-60 NM...
WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT 10-60 NM...
AT 144 AM PST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
AND DANGEROUS CAPSIZING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 KNOTS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM 45 NM SOUTHWEST OF BODEGA HEAD TO 12 NM NORTHWEST
OF FARALLON ISLANDS, MOVING NORTH AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND DANGEROUS CAPSIZING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
65 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY OPEN WATERS OF COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT
REYES CALIFORNIA OUT TO 10 NM, WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT
REYES 10-60 NM AND WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT 10-60
NM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3800 12367 3825 12365 3830 12343 3826 12315
3800 12320 3800 12325 3797 12325 3796 12324
3792 12322 3777 12325 3779 12368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 185DEG 41KT 3764 12393 3761 12353 3758 12314
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...>65 KTS
KENNEDY
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