Gale Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

801 
WHUS72 KMHX 270946
MWWMHX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
446 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...GALE WARNINGS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE WATERS. WINDS
WILL VEER WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES OFFSHORE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW SMALL CRAFT
LEVELS LATE TONIGHT.

AMZ152-154-156-158-272000-
/O.CON.KMHX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120127T2000Z/
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
446 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT
  GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SEAS...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET OVER THE OUTER WATERS
  THIS MORNING THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AND DROP BELOW 6 FEET LATER 
  TONIGHT.

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 SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ150-272000-
/O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120128T0500Z/
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
446 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

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

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE
  WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SEAS...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET OUTER WATERS FRIDAY...THEN
  SUBSIDE BELOW 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ130-135-272000-
/O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120128T0100Z/
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
446 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. 

* WAVES...2 TO 3 FEET WITH WAVES NEAR 4 FEET FOR EASTER PORTIONS
  OF THE SOUNDS. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 1 TO 2 FEET TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

175 
WHUS72 KMHX 271802
MWWMHX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
102 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED OFFSHORE WILL CAUSE GUSTY WEST WINDS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE
SOUNDS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS SUBSIDING BELOW 6
FEET FOR THE WATERS BY LATE THIS EVENING.

AMZ152-154-156-158-280315-
/O.CAN.KMHX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120127T2000Z/
/O.EXA.KMHX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120128T0500Z/
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
102 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 KT.

* SEAS...6 TO 10 FEET.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ130-135-280000-
/O.EXT.KMHX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
102 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT.

* WAVES...2 TO 3 FEET WITH WAVES NEAR 4 FEET FOR EASTER PORTIONS 
  OF THE SOUNDS. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 1 TO 2 FEET TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ150-280315-
/O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120128T0500Z/
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
102 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

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

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT.

* SEAS...4 TO 6 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$