WHUS73 KMKX 200823 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 323 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 ...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND APPROACHING COLD FRONT... .A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS. THESE WINDS SHOULD BE FELT IN THE SHEBOYGAN AREA BY AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING MILWAUKEE BY AROUND 6 PM. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET BY MID EVENING. THE WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNDAY MORNING. LMZ643>646-201630- /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0072.080921T0200Z-080921T1400Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 323 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET BY MID EVENING. THE WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN PREVAILING WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 22 AND 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$