Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at Feb 28, 2016, 3:31 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2016, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 9:41 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
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322 WHUS73 KMKX 280931 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 331 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AND TURNING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BLUSTERY WINDS CONTINUING THIS MORNING. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 35 KNOTS SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS OCCURS. A GALE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS WILL BE DUE TO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...LIKELY REACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS. LMZ645-646-281745- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160228T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0004.160228T1400Z-160228T1900Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 331 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LMZ643-281745- /O.EXB.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160228T1900Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- 331 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ644-281745- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160228T1900Z/ PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 331 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
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793 WHUS73 KMKX 281448 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 848 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AND TURNING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BLUSTERY WINDS CONTINUING THIS MORNING. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 35 KNOTS SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS OCCURS. THE BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS WILL BE DUE TO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...LIKELY REACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS. LMZ645-646-281900- /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160228T1900Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 848 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LMZ643-644-281900- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160228T1900Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 848 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
881 WHUS73 KMKX 281902 AAA MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 102 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AND TURNING NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BLUSTERY WINDS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 35 KNOTS SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE INTO THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON...BEFORE WEAKENING A BIT AND VEERING NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY LATER THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS AREA INTO EARLY EVENING...BEFORE VEERING NORTHWEST AND WEAKENING LATER THIS EVENING. LMZ645-646-282200- /O.EXT.KMKX.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 102 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS AREA EXPECTED INTO MIDDLE AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN VEER NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY LATER THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LMZ643-644-290315- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160229T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 102 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...VEERING NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY LATER THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
418 WHUS73 KMKX 282102 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 302 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS VEERING NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WEAKENING... .LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO VEER NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE INTO THE EARLY TO MIDDLE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING BY LATER THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING NORTH OF THIS AREA...BEFORE WEAKENING BY LATER THIS EVENING. LMZ645-646-290400- /O.EXT.KMKX.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160229T0400Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 302 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY LATER THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643-644-290400- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160229T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 302 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER NORTHWEST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY LATER THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
918 WHUS73 KMKX 290341 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 941 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT SHIFTING WEST TO SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT BUT QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST MONDAY MORNING AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. THUS BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WEAKENING WINDS AND ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. LMZ645-646-291145- /O.CAN.KMKX.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160229T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0021.160229T0341Z-160229T2000Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 941 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST MONDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT THEN SHIFTING TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS FOR MONDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643-644-291145- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160229T2000Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 941 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT THEN SHIFTING TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS FOR MONDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MG
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