Alert archive / Massachusetts / Gale Warnings in 2009

Gale Warning 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 1, 2009

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale warning at Mar 1, 2009, 4:58 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2009, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2009, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 2, 2009, 6:05 PM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

003 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
458 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

ANZ231>233-011800-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090302T0500Z/
/O.UPG.KBOX.GL.A.0012.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
458 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD BAY...NANTUCKET SOUND AND VINEYARD
SOUND.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKS WELL SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE MONDAY...REACHING NOVA 
SCOTIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE NE GALE
FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 40 KT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ230-234>237-250-254-255-011800-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090302T0500Z/
/O.UPG.KBOX.GL.A.0012.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
458 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKS WELL SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE MID ATLANTIC 
MONDAY...REACHING NOVA SCOTIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE
WILL PRODUCE NE GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 40 KT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
184 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1235 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

ANZ231>233-020145-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090302T0500Z/
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
1235 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD BAY...NANTUCKET SOUND AND VINEYARD
SOUND.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKS WELL SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE MONDAY...REACHING NOVA
SCOTIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE NE GALE
FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 40 KT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ230-234>237-250-254-255-020145-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090302T0500Z/
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0500Z-090302T2300Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
1235 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES
BOSTON HARBOR...NARRAGANSETT BAY...BLOCK ISLAND SOUND...RHODE ISLAND
SOUND...AND BUZZARDS BAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKS WELL SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE MID ATLANTIC
MONDAY...REACHING NOVA SCOTIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS LOW
PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE NE GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 40 KT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
032 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
415 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

ANZ231>233-020515-
/O.EXT.KBOX.SC.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090302T0400Z/
/O.EXT.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0400Z-090302T2100Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
415 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD BAY...NANTUCKET SOUND AND VINEYARD
SOUND.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE COAST WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST
WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY MONDAY
EVENING AND DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ230-234>237-250-254-255-020515-
/O.EXT.KBOX.SC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090302T0400Z/
/O.EXT.KBOX.GL.W.0016.090302T0400Z-090302T2100Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
415 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES
BOSTON HARBOR...NARRAGANSETT BAY...BLOCK ISLAND SOUND...RHODE
ISLAND SOUND...AND BUZZARDS BAY.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE COAST WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST
WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY MONDAY
EVENING AND DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WTB
481 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1107 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

ANZ231>233-021215-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SC.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090302T0400Z/
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
1107 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY. 

LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE COAST WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST
WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 KNOTS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY MONDAY
EVENING AND DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ230-234>237-250-254-255-021215-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090302T0400Z/
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
1107 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES
BOSTON HARBOR...NARRAGANSETT BAY...BLOCK ISLAND SOUND... RHODE ISLAND
SOUND...AND BUZZARDS BAY.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE COAST WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST
WINDS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 
AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY MONDAY EVENING
AND DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
179 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
520 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-021830-
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
520 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS.

A GALE CENTER TRACKING SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND WILL BRING NE
25 TO 30 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
NORTHWEST BY EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
328 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1049 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-022100-
/O.CON.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
1049 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS.

A GALE CENTER TRACKING SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND WILL BRING NE
25 TO 30 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO NORTHWEST BY EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
556 
WHUS71 KBOX 022101
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
401 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

ANZ230-236-030500-
/O.CAN.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.SC.Y.0032.090302T2101Z-090303T0500Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
401 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

FOR BOSTON HARBOR AND NARRAGANSETT BAY THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...REPLACED BY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ231>235-237-250-254-255-030000-
/O.EXT.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090303T0000Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-
RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
401 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW
ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS EXCEPT BOSTON HARBOR AND NARRAGANSETT BAY
WHERE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

THIS GALE WARNING WILL EVENTUALLY BE DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY TONIGHT.

THE GALE CENTER EAST OF CAPE COD WILL MOVE TO THE MARITIMES LATER
TONIGHT WITH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WIND DURING THE NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE OR
EQUIPMENT SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
DRAG
601 
WHUS71 KBOX 022305
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
605 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

ANZ231>235-237-250-254-255-030715-
/O.CAN.KBOX.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KBOX.SC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090303T1500Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-
RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
605 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. THE GALE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND
COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 KNOTS TONIGHT AND SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ230-236-030500-
/O.CON.KBOX.SC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090303T0500Z/
BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
605 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY COVERS BOSTON HARBOR AND NARRAGANSETT BAY.  

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL DIMINISH
TO BELOW 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 1, 4:39 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 4:39 AM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
439 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN A MUCH STRONGER COASTAL STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW
AND SLEET TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS IT
TRACKS SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET.  DRY HIGH PRES REACHES THE EAST
COAST WED AND THU. THE NEXT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS WARM FRONT
MAY AFFECT THE REGION AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
TODAY...WEAK SURFACE LOW PASSES SOUTH OF THE WATERS TODAY.
ALL MODELS BRING SOME MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AS SOME LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MID LEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE VERY
DRY LOW LEVEL AIR WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANY PRECIPITATION TO
REACH THE GROUND.

MENTIONED LIKELY  POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WITH CHANCE POPS TO
AROUND THE I95 CORRIDOR AND INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. LOW LEVEL
THICKNESSES AND BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES SUPPORT SNOW ACROSS
THE AREA. HOWEVER 850-700MB THICKNESSES ARE ABOVE THE 1552 DM
THRESHOLD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY TO NANTUCKET ISLAND.
ACROSS THESE AREAS SOME SLEET OR SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND SHOULD FALL AS EITHER SLEET OR SNOW.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES BUT
ANY SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN WOULD MAKE ROADS HAZARDOUS.

OTHERWISE A CLOUDY AND COLD DAY WILL BE ON TAP ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE THROUGH THE 20S INLAND AND LOWER
TO MID 30S ALONG THE COAST AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS LOCKED IN
ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND WEST
OF INTERSTATE 95.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SECOND WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE JET DYNAMICS AND
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. LATEST MODEL SUITE BRINGS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. GOOD AGREEMENT
AMONGST THE MODELS REGARDING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING FROM AN
INCH TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH AS AND A HALF. DIFFERENCES ARISE AMONGST
MODEL THERMAL PROFILES WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SNOW AMOUNTS.

HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 03Z AND 15Z MONDAY
BEFORE A DRY SLOT CUTS OFF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE OPERATIONAL GFS IS FURTHEST WEST...BUT ON THE LEFT OF THE
ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE ECMWF IS A BIT COLDER AND FURTHER EAST FOLLOWED
BY THE NAM WHICH IS THE COLDEST AND FURTHEST EAST. HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 03Z AND 15Z MONDAY BEFORE A DRY
SLOT CUTS OFF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THIS DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE H7 TRACK WILL OCCUR WEST OF THE
REGION.

THE 03Z SREFS BRING A STRONGEST SIGNAL OF 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION THIS
GENERALLY COINCIDES WITH THE MEAN 850MB LOW TRACK. GIVEN FAIRLY HIGH
CONFIDENCE IN REACHING 8 INCH OR HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THESE
AREAS...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND POINTS WEST.

ELSEWHERE BETWEEN INTERSTATE 95 AND THE CAPE COD CANAL...A
TRANSITION ZONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS WARMER AIR PENETRATES
ALOFT AROUND THE 800MB LEVEL. MEANWHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING. THERE MAY BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SLEET WITH PERHAPS
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THESE AREAS. THIS WOULD KEEP ACCUMULATIONS DOWN.
THIS STILL APPEARS TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT ACROSS THESE AREAS...BUT
FOR NOW GIVEN UNCERTAINTY OF THE LOW TRACK WHICH COULD WIND UP BEING
FURTHER EAST...HAVE DECIDED TO MAINTAIN A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM
INTERSTATE 95 TO THE CAPE COD CANAL.

ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE FURTHER REDUCED ACROSS NANTUCKET ISLAND AND
OUTER CAPE COD AS WARMER AIR ALLOWS PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO A MIX
OF SLEET AND RAIN.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
COASTAL STORM PULLS AWAY INTO THE MARITIMES MON NGT INTO TUE WITH
BLUSTERY AND COLD NW FLOW FOLLOWING.  STEADY PRECIP MOVES OUT BY MON
EVENING IN DRY SLOT...BUT STILL HAVE POTENT UPPER TROF TO MOVE
THROUGH LATER MON NGT INTO TUE.  GOOD 500-300 MB QG FORCING COMBINED
WITH AREA OF DEEPER WRAPAROUND MOISTURE SUGGESTS SCT SNOW SHOWERS
MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS SNE LATE MON NGT INTO TUE.  WE WILL HAVE
CHC POPS IN THE INTERIOR WHERE HIGHEST PROB OF SNOW SHOWERS...AND
SCHC ELSEWHERE.

MOCLDY SKIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUE WITH VERY COLD
CONDITIONS AS 850 MB TEMPS FALL TO NEAR -20C.  WE HAVE MAXES TUE IN
THE LOW TO MID 20S WHICH IS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  WIND
CHILLS TO -10F TUE MORNING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH REGION WIDE
WIND CHILLS 5 TO 15 DEGREES TUE AFTERNOON.  NW WINDS GUSTING TO 30
MPH.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN LATE TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU RESULTING IN
DRY CONDITIONS AND GRADUAL DIMINISHING WINDS.  BUT WE WILL HAVE TO
WATCH FOR ONE LAST SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW ON WED.
COULD SEE MINS AT OR BELOW ZERO TUE NIGHT ACROSS NW MA AND SW NH IF
WINDS DECOUPLE...WITH SINGLE NUMBERS AND LOW TEENS ELSEWHERE.  TEMPS
RECOVER WED AND THU BUT STILL ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

NEXT CHC OF PRECIP COMES FRI AND FRI NIGHT. PTYPE AND QPF IN
QUESTION AS GFS/GGEM CONSIDERABLY COLDER AND WETTER THAN ECMWF/UKMET
WITH STRONGER WAA AND POSSIBLE COASTAL REDEVELOPMENT.  DETAILS TO BE
WORKED OUT LATER.

LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST FOR SAT.  WENT WITH DRY GFS FOR NOW...BUT
ECMWF IS WET.

&&

.AVIATION /10Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
TODAY...VFR CIGS BDL/BAF/MHT. MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING NOW CAPE COD TO
BOSTON PVD /BY 10Z/. 00Z/01 NAM PRIMARY CLOUD GUIDE WITH SOME GFS
BLEND.

RAIN DEVELOPS KACK BY 10Z POSSIBLY MXD WITH SLEET FOR AN HOUR.

SNOW/SLEET FMH/HYA AROUND 10-11Z. WITH SNOW PVD TO BOSTON THIS
MORNING AND PROBABLY A PRD OF IFR CONDS AS POTENTIAL .10 MELTED W.E.
FALLS IN A 3 HR PERIOD...BEST DEPICTED BY THE RGEM/NAM. GFS PCPN FCST
OVERDONE AT 06Z BUT...RGEM/NAM ARE A TAD SLOW ON THE STEADY NWD
OVERRUNNING SPREAD OF QPF PER OBSERVED MEASURABLE IN NJ AT 05Z.

SLIGHT CHC KBOS/KPVD SEE BRIEF 1/2S OVC005 THIS MORNING.

WE THINK DRY AIR EATS THE POTENTIAL SNOW SHOWERS BDL/BAF TODAY LEAVING
VIRGA VFR CIGS THERE...BUT UKMET/GFS WANT TO TRY FOR A PRD OF SNOW SHOWERS
THERE. WE FCST DRY BUT MAY NEED TO UPDATE AFTER 12Z.

FOR CAPE COD...THINK WAA CHANGES PCPN TO RAIN BY MIDDAY BUT FCST FZRA
FMH WHICH HAS SLIGHT COOLING FROM TERRAIN LIFT AND SLIGHTLY FURTHER
AWAY FROM CAPE COD BAY INFLUENCE - ALSO SHOWN IN TSECS AND NAM/RGEM
TEMP PROFILES.

PCPN MAY QUIT EVERYWHERE THIS AFTN THAT IT OCCURS THIS MORNING BUT
RGEM AND LESSER SO THE GFS WOULD LIKE IT TO CONTINUE THRU THE AFTN.

TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR DEVELOPS IN SNE FM S TO N AS THE MAINE
EVENT ARRIVES. RAIN KACK...RAIN/SLEET KHYA AND RAIN/FREEZING RAIN/SLEET
KFMH.

REMAINDER ITS SNOW EXCEPT SNOW/SLEET MXD PVD/BOS AS DETAILED IN THE TAF.
WE BLENDED TSEC THERMAL GUIDANCE. 00Z/1 NAM IS COLD...LOOKS TOO COLD
TO ME. PRD OF MDT TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WE TRIED TO OUTLINE IN
THE 06Z TAFS /PLS REFERENCE THOSE FOR THE BEST ESTIMATE OF DETAILS/.

PLOWING OPS AND EITHER DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS WILL BECOME AN AIR TRAVEL ISSUE
TONIGHT FOR SNE AIRPORTS. RECOVERY MAY BE SWIFT MONDAY BUT BLOWING/DRIFTING
SNOW WILL OCCUR ALL BUT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WHERE LOOKS LIKE MOST OF
THE PCPN IS RAIN/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN.

OUTLOOK /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

MON NIGHT AND TUE...AREAS OF MVFR CIGS AND SCT SW- AS UPPER TROF
MOVES THROUGH...OTHERWISE VFR CIGS.  GUSTY NW WINDS.

WED AND THU...VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
TODAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES ALL WATERS FOR NE WINDS 20 TO
30 KT AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS WELL EAST OF CAPE COD. SEAS BUILDING TO
7 TO 10 FT OVER THE OUTER WATERS....MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF
NANTUCKET.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...GALE WATCHES HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO WARNINGS
WITH A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF 35 TO 40 KT GUSTS WITH THE LOW APPROACHING
TOWARDS DAYBREAK MONDAY. LOW CHANCE STORM FORCE GUSTS. SEAS BUILDING
TO 9 TO 13 FT ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS.

OUTLOOK /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

MON NGT/TUE...NW GUSTS TO 30 KT LIKELY WITH SCA CONDITIONS.  SEAS
10-12 FT OVER THE OUTER WATERS WILL SLOWLY SUNSIDE TO 6-8 FT TUE
AFTERNOON.

WED...WEST WIND GUSTS TO 25 KT WITH SEAS 5-6 FT OUTER WATERS.

THU...WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW SCA BUT SOME LINGERING 5 FT SEAS
POSSIBLE EASTERN OUTER WATERS.

&&

.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW MAY RESULT IN SOME BEACH EROSION ON NORTH
AND EAST FACING BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY.  HOWEVER...AT THIS POINT
THE THREAT FOR ANY COASTAL FLOODING APPEARS LOW.

&&

.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY
     FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY
     FOR MAZ002>017-026.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
     THIS EVENING FOR MAZ018>023.
     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR MAZ018>023.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY
     FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY
     FOR RIZ001>004-006.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
     THIS EVENING FOR RIZ005-007.
     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR RIZ005-007.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ANZ230>237-
     250-254-255.
     GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
     ANZ230>237-250-254-255.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KJC
NEAR TERM...STRAUSS
SHORT TERM...STRAUSS
LONG TERM...KJC
AVIATION...KJC/DRAG
MARINE...KJC/STRAUSS
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 4:29 AM EST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
429 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>017-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>004-006-020930-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
WASHINGTON RI-
429 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MAZ024-RIZ008-020930-
NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
429 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

A STRONGER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND
SLEET FOR NANTUCKET...WITH SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR BLOCK
ISLAND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR BLOCK ISLAND.
A WIND ADVISORY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY BE NEEDED FOR
NANTUCKET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR BLOCK ISLAND ON MONDAY.
A WIND ADVISORY FOR STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY FOR
NANTUCKET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MAZ018>023-RIZ005-007-020930-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-BRISTOL RI-NEWPORT RI-
429 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-020930-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT
40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
429 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATERS EAST OF
MASSACHUSETTS BAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

FREEZING SPRAY EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:27 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningBOXBristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more35 hr
Mar 1, 4:27 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth12 hr
Mar 1, 4:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more26 hr

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Sources

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