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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this small craft advisory at Jan 24, 2011, 4:28 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 25, 2011, 5:57 AM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2011, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2011, 5:57 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2011, 9:57 AM EST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WHUS72 KCHS 242128 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 428 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT TO OCCUR LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AMZ374-250530- /O.NEW.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T1600Z-110125T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 428 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: MOST LIKELY BEGINNING BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING MOST OF THE TIME THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: BUILDING AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-350-352-354-250530- /O.NEW.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 428 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 33
11 follow-up statements
377 WHUS72 KCHS 250209 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 909 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT WILL OCCUR LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AMZ374-251015- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T1600Z-110125T2200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 909 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: MOST LIKELY BEGINNING BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING MOST OF THE TIME THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: BUILDING AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-350-352-354-251015- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 909 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
304 WHUS72 KCHS 250914 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 414 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT WILL OCCUR LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AMZ350-251800- /O.EXT.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 414 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ374-251800- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T1600Z-110125T2200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 414 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 8 TO 11 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-352-354-251800- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 414 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
763 WHUS72 KCHS 251057 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 557 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AMZ374-251900- /O.EXT.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T1057Z-110125T2200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 557 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 8 TO 11 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ350-251900- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 557 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-352-354-251900- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 557 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
795 WHUS72 KCHS 251635 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1135 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AMZ350-252300- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1135 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ374-252300- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110125T2200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1135 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 8 TO 11 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-352-354-252300- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1135 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
362 WHUS72 KCHS 252127 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 AMZ374-260600- /O.EXT.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 427 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ330-260600- /O.EXT.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 427 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ350-260600- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 427 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY NOON. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ352-354-260600- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110125T2200Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 427 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
793 WHUS72 KCHS 260301 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1001 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 AMZ350-261115- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1001 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY NOON. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ374-261115- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1001 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$ AMZ352-354-261115- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1001 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ330-261115- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 1001 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
881 WHUS72 KCHS 260343 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1043 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 AMZ350-261145- /O.NEW.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.110126T0343Z-110126T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1043 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES BY NOON. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. * SEAS: 5 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ352-354-261145- /O.NEW.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.110126T0343Z-110126T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1043 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ330-261145- /O.NEW.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.110126T0343Z-110126T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 1043 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ374-261145- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1043 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING OF GALES: FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING WEST 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS BY NOON. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE SPEEDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION OR BOTH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. MARINERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS NOW. && $$
796 WHUS72 KCHS 260847 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 347 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 AMZ350-261700- /O.EXT.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.CAN.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 347 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WATCH. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ374-261700- /O.UPG.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.GL.W.0003.110126T0847Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.UPG.KCHS.GL.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 347 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ352-354-261700- /O.EXT.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 347 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ330-261700- /O.EXT.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 347 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
451 WHUS72 KCHS 261021 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 AMZ354-261830- /O.CAN.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ374-261830- /O.CON.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ352-261830- /O.CON.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ350-261830- /O.CON.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ330-261830- /O.CON.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 521 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
137 WHUS72 KCHS 261130 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 AMZ352-261930- /O.CAN.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ374-261930- /O.CON.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES: FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. * SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET. * IMPACTS: NAVIGATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ENHANCED WINDS AND LARGE SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ350-261930- /O.CON.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ330-261930- /O.CON.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF FOG: THROUGH 10 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE-QUARTER NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE NAVIGATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 NM. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ354-261930- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 630 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
953 WHUS72 KCHS 261457 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 AMZ330-262200- /O.CAN.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.110126T1500Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KCHS.GL.W.0003.110126T1500Z-110126T2200Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING OF GALES: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVES WILL BUILD TO 2 TO 3 FEET...HIGHEST NEAR THE HARBOR ENTRANCE. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ350-262200- /O.CAN.KCHS.MF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING OF GALES: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 8 FEET...HIGHEST AROUND THE 20 NAUTICAL MILE MARK. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ352-262200- /O.UPG.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T0400Z/ WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING OF GALES: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 8 FEET...HIGHEST AROUND THE 20 NAUTICAL MILE MARK. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ354-262200- /O.UPG.KCHS.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110126T2200Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING OF GALES: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 7 FEET...HIGHEST AROUND THE 20 NAUTICAL MILE MARK. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ374-262200- /O.CON.KCHS.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1000Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 957 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING OF GALES: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: WAVES WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET...HIGHEST AROUND THE 60 NAUTICAL MILE MARK. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 24, 4:25 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 4:25 PM EST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
425 PM EST MON JAN 24 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A HIGH PRESSURE WEDGE WILL PERSIST INLAND WHILE A COASTAL TROUGH
REMAINS IN PLACE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST
TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO WILL THEN
IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW THROUGH LATE WEEK...WITH A COLD FRONT
EXPECTED THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED JUST OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH RIDGING EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST
UNITED STATES. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COASTAL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE
OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS COASTAL ZONES...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS INTERIOR ZONES. RADAR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW
SOME LIGHT SHOWERS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MILES OFF THE SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. MAIN NEAR TERM CONCERNS
FOR TONIGHT REVOLVE AROUND RAIN PROBABILITIES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS.
TONIGHT...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD AND FURTHER INTO THE
ATLANTIC...WHILE A COASTAL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OFF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST. AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD...LOW
LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL SHIFT FROM A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION THIS
EVENING TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS SHOULD
HOLD THE COASTAL TROUGH FAR ENOUGH OFF THE COAST TO PREVENT ANY
SHOWERS FROM REACHING LAND...SO WILL KEEP THE FORECAST FREE FROM
RAIN. EXPECT VARIABLE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH
GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS INLAND AND PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING...WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF
THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO FAIRLY GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM
THE COAST WHERE LESS CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT. EXPECT A FAIRLY
QUICK DROP IN TEMPS THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO...WITH TEMPERATURES THEN
LEVELING OFF OR PERHAPS EVEN RISING A COUPLE DEGREES TOWARD DAYBREAK
AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BOTTOM OUT GENERALLY
IN THE UPPER 30S INLAND...AND IN THE LOWER 40S CLOSER TO THE COAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...A SHORT WAVE RIDGE ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA
EARLY TUESDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A BACKING SW FLOW WHICH OPENS UP THE
GULF IN DRAMATIC FASHION...AS A STRONG SOUTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE
TROUGH OVER THE NW GULF EARLY TUESDAY MOVES EASTWARD. THIS TROUGH
WILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT APPROACHES THE REGION TUESDAY
NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL INITIATE CYCLOGENESIS AT THE SURFACE OVER
THE NW GULF...WITH THE LOW TRACKING EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST TUESDAY...APPROACHING NORTH FL/SOUTH GA EARLY TUESDAY
NIGHT...THEN REDEVELOPING ALONG A COASTAL WARM FRONT NEAR THE COAST OF
THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POSITION OF THE COASTAL
WARM FRONT...THE STRONG OF THE INLAND WEDGE AND HOW MUCH BACKING TO
THE SOUTH IN THE FLOW ALOFT OCCURS WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING
WHETHER OR NOT WE RECEIVE SEVERE WEATHER OR NOT...AND WILL PLAY A
BIG ROLE IN TEMPS AND THEIR TRENDS.
WITH A CONFLUENT MID LEVEL FLOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TO START THE
DAY TUESDAY THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR IN PLACE
INITIALLY. BUT WITH THE GULF TO OPEN UP WITH THE BACKING FLOW ALOFT
AND AN INFLUX OF HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC IN THE
LOW LEVELS WE LOOK FOR A RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN TO OCCUR THROUGH
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL TROUGH OFFSHORE AND ITS
ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC
IN THE MORNING...WITH LIGHT RAINS TO BEGIN OVERSPREADING SE GA
THROUGH NOONTIME. IMPRESSIVE WARM ADVECTION WILL DEVELOP IN THE
AFTERNOON...WHILE 850 DEWPOINTS CLIMB TO 6-8C BY 00Z AND TO NEAR 10C
TUESDAY EVENING. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STRONG SHORT WAVE AND AN
INFLUX OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR FROM THE GULF WILL CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT FOR COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL TO OCCUR. PWATS WILL
CLIMB TO 1.5-1.7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH
IS ABOVE 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL AND NEAR THE 99TH
PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE RAINS
BECOMING HEAVY FROM SW TO NE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT WHERE Q-G FORCING IS
IN SYNC WITH THE FORMATION OF A COUPLED JET STRUCTURE AND ITS
RESULTING STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE. THIS WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE
TIME WHEN THE AREA EXPERIENCES ITS BEST HEIGHT FALLS AT 850 AND 700
MB. THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN LOOKS TO BECOME ALIGNED ALONG THE COAST
WHERE THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BECOMES MAXIMIZED IN PROXIMITY TO THE
TRACK OF THE LOW. QPF VALUES OF 2-3 INCHES SEEM HIGHLY LIKELY...AND
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WE WILL SHOW AN INCREASE OF
POPS TO 70-100 PERCENT DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHEST
VALUES OVER INLAND SE GA. ALL AREAS WILL HAVE 100 POPS TUESDAY
NIGHT. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND URBAN FLOODING SEEMS
LIKELY. WHILE A FLOOD WATCH IS NOT ANTICIPATED...UNLESS THE QPF
BECOMES HIGHER...FLOOD ADVISORIES SEEM A GOOD BET LATE TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT.
TO COMPLICATE MATTERS FURTHER WILL BE THE ORIENTATION/LOCATION OF
THE COASTAL WARM FRONT...WITH ITS POSITION TO HELP IN DETERMINING
WHERE THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK. LIFTED INDICES SHOW THAT THE WARM
FRONT WILL ALIGN ITSELF NE-SW NEAR THE COAST OF THE CWFA. A SLIGHT
DEVIATION IN THIS POSITION WILL BE A BIG FACTOR IN WHETHER OR NOT WE
RECEIVE SEVERE WEATHER. ELEVATED CONVECTION SEEMS POSSIBLE LATE
TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT INLAND...BUT A MUCH BIGGER CONCERN WOULD
BE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION. IT IS A CLASSIC
HIGH SHEAR/LOW CAPE SCENARIO...WITH 0-1 KM HELICITY OF 200-400
M2/SEC2...0-3 KM HELICITY OF 500-600 M2/SECS AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR
OF AT LEAST 50 KT. IF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT IS ABLE TO PUSH ONSHORE
THAN AN EVEN HIGHER SURGE OF GREATER DEWPOINT AIR WILL ADVECT OVER
LAND. AND WITH THIS MUCH SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE THERE IS A CHANCE OF
ROTATING STORMS/TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS TO OCCUR. THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE NEAR AND ALONG THE
COAST...MAINLY IN THE TIME FRAME FROM 8 PM TUESDAY THROUGH 4 AM
WEDNESDAY. SPC STILL SHOWS THE AREA WITH 5 PERCENT
PROBABILITIES...BUT THE SLIGHT RISK IS FURTHER SOUTH AS OF THIS
TIME.
TEMPS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE
TRACK OF THE LOW AND THE WARM FRONT...PLUS THE STRENGTH OF THE
WEDGE. WE WILL MAINTAIN A LARGE TEMP RANGE FROM NW TO SE
TUESDAY...WITH UPPER 40S FAR NW TO LOWER 60 FAR SE. LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT...AND IN FACT IF THE WARM FRONT IS
ABLE TO OSCILLATE ONSHORE THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE AN INCREASE IN
TEMPS NEAR AND EAST OF THE US-17 CORRIDOR.
WEDNESDAY...RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
THE SURFACE LOW PULLS FURTHER NE AND DEEPENS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST. HOWEVER...WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STRONG TROUGH ALOFT...A
JET STREAK ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND IMPRESSIVE HEIGHT
FALLS ALOFT WE STILL ANTICIPATE SOME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO PERSIST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH 500 MB TEMPS DROPPING TO -20 OR -25C IF
THERE IS ENOUGH WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE WE COULD BE
TALKING ABOUT THE RISK OF SMALL HAIL. THESE PROBABILITIES ARE TOO
LOW HOWEVER TO INCLUDE IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. THE DRY
SLOT WILL WORK ITS WAY NORTH THROUGH PARTS OF THE COASTAL AREAS BY
LATE IN THE DAY...BUT CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST
ELSEWHERE. BETTER CLEARING WILL WORK ITS WAY IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FINALLY PULLS AWAY AS SURFACE FLOW BECOMES
MORE ANTICYCLONIC IN WAKE OF THE DISTANT LOW. WEDNESDAY COULD BE A
BREEZY DAY IF THE CLEARING IS QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED...AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MUCH COLDER AS STRONG COLD ADVECTION BUILDS
ACROSS THE AREA.
THURSDAY WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST
PERIOD...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO RETURN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
FROM THE WETS...AND A DRY WESTERLY FLOW IS FOUND ALOFT. TEMPS WILL
BE BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS.
LAKE WINDS...THE BEST CHANCES FOR A LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO BE
REQUIRED ON LAKE MOULTRIE WOULD BE LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AS STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPS IN WAKE OF THE
DEPARTING SURFACE LOW. WEST AND NW WINDS WILL REACH AT LEAST 20 KT
AND GUSTY DURING THIS TIME.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY AND THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT. THERE REMAINS SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
MODELS...BUT THE FRONT LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH DRY WITH LITTLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF IT.
TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT WILL
REMAIN BELOW SEASONABLE NORMALS.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH TONIGHT.
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY ON TUESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
BEGINS TO IMPACT THE AREA. MOS GUIDANCE CONFLICTS ON TIMING OF
MVFR/IFR CIGS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT/TUESDAY...BUT FEEL THAT THE NAM HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND AS A RESULT A BETTER HANDLE ON REDUCED
CIG DEVELOPMENT AND WILL FOLLOW THIS IDEA WITH THE 18Z TAF CYCLE.
THIS RESULTS IN MVFR CIGS TO OVERSPREADING THE SAV TERMINAL AROUND
DAYBREAK...WITH SOME MVFR VSBYS IN SHOWERS AND SOME IFR CIGS
DEVELOPING BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE CHS TERMINAL...EXPECT
THAT SOME MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AROUND NOON TUESDAY WITH CONDITIONS THEN QUICKLY DETERIORATING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS. IFR-LIFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL TUESDAY NIGHT IN RAIN...POSSIBLE TSRA AND LOW
CEILINGS. VFR WEATHER WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LLWS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KCHS AND
KSAV...WITH GUSTY WINDS LIKELY FOR BOTH TERMINALS LATE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE WATERS WILL SLIP FURTHER
EASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC WHILE A COASTAL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE
OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST. NOT ANTICIPATING ANY
MARINE ISSUES...WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW ADVISORY
THRESHOLDS.
A SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF GALES TO
OCCUR.
THE EFFECTS OF THE COASTAL TROUGH WILL WANE ON TUESDAY AS THE BROAD
AND STRENGTHENING CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW BEGINS TO
AFFECT THE AREA. A FAVORABLE EASTERLY FETCH AND A STEADY TIGHTENING
OF THE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS/SEAS TO SLOWLY CLIMB THROUGH
THE DAY...AND AS A RESULT WE HAVE INITIATED AN SCA FOR THE OUTER GA
WATERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW WILL DETERMINE THE WIND DIRECTION
AND SPEEDS TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT PROBABILITIES ARE THAT SCA/S WILL
OCCUR WITH THE CONTINUED ONSHORE FETCH AND A PINCHING OF THE
GRADIENT EARLY ON. WE HAVE STARTED SCA/S FOR THE REMAINING COASTAL
WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT A 45-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE OUTER GA WATERS. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE MIXING WILL BE
PROHIBITED DUE TO THE WARM ADVECTION...THE JET SHOULD DROP DOWN LOW
ENOUGH WHERE GUSTS TO 35 KT COULD OCCUR OVER AMZ374. FOR THAT REASON
WE HAVE STARTED A GALE WATCH FOR THE OUTER GA WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT.
WHILE WINDS WILL TEMPORARILY COME DOWN LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND/OR
EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL
WATERS AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES...WINDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE AGAIN THE SECOND PART OF WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPS IN WAKE OF THE DEEPENING LOW OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. PLUS SEAS WILL BE STIRRED UP FROM THE
EARLIER ONSHORE FLOW AND WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DURING THIS TIME.
THUS SOLID SCA/S WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT EVEN GALES
ARE POSSIBLE. WITH AN OFFSHORE FETCH DEVELOPING...SOME DOUBLE DIGIT
SEA HEIGHTS COULD BE ATTAINED ACROSS AMZ374 WITH SUCH STRONG WIND
FIELDS.
MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH SUCH STRONG SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WITH LOW
STRATUS AND HEAVY RAINS TO OCCUR...VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY
DOWN UNDER 1 NM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM
THE WEST. THEN FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE ARE NO
SIGNIFICANT MARINE CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
DEPENDENT UPON THE STRENGTH/TRACK OF THE LOW AS IT IMPACTS THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT...IF A STRONG ENOUGH ONSHORE WIND DEVELOPS WE COULD BE
LOOKING AT POSSIBLE SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE
AROUND 1 AM WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT DEPARTURES WOULD NEED TO
REACH 1.3 TO 1.5 FT MLLW OUR PROBABILITIES ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
BLOW OUT TIDES ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH A STRONG OFFSHORE
FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE. THE MOST
RECENT EXTRATROPICAL STORM SURGE GUIDANCE SHOWS TIDES DROPPING TO
-1.72 FT MLLW AT THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND -2.32 FT MLLW AT FT.
PULASKI/SAVANNAH DURING THE LOW TIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE LEVELS
WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AGO...ON JANUARY
3...AND ALSO TO APRIL 28 OF LAST YEAR. WHEN TIDE LEVELS FALL THIS
LOW THEY CAN HAMPER NAVIGATION IN SOME AREAS...INCLUDING THE
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH HARBORS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE IN THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR AMZ330-350-352-354.
GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FOR AMZ374.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY FOR AMZ374.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:56 AM EST, 12 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 GAZ087-088-099>101-114-115-SCZ040-042>044-047-250900- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ045-250900- INLAND BERKELEY- 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LAKE WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE ON LAKE MOULTRIE TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE AND WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-250900- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS...HOWEVER THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES IF THE LOW TRACKS EVEN SLIGHTLY FARTHER INLAND. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY NIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES NEARBY. DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO INCREASE TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A WIND ADVISORY MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED. TIDES...BLOW OUT TIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OCCUR. TIDE LEVELS WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD DROP TO -1 TO -2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...WHICH COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR SAFE NAVIGATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-250900- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GALES...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL IMPACT THE WATERS LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO REACH GALE FORCE. GALE WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT AND WATERSPOUTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ116-118-137-138-140-250900- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 356 AM EST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS...HOWEVER THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES IF THE LOW TRACKS EVEN SLIGHTLY FARTHER INLAND. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 4:28 PM EST | Gale Watch | CHS | 35 hr |
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