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FZUS71 KPHI 090157
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
857 PM EST SAT NOV 8 2008

ANZ430-431-453>455-470-090400-
857 PM EST SAT NOV 8 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE THROUGH...

AT 851 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS UP TO 30 KNOTS... FROM 18 NM WEST OF CROSS LEDGE LIGHT
TO 43 NM WEST OF CAPE HENLOPEN...OR FROM 8 NM SOUTHWEST OF WOODLAND
BEACH TO 35 NM WEST OF SLAUGHTER BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
THIS IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER CROSS LEDGE LIGHT AT 950 PM EST...
  OVER MIAH MAULL LIGHT AT 1000 PM EST...
  OVER FOURTEEN FOOT BANK LIGHT AT 1010 PM EST...
  OVER BRANDYWINE SHOAL LIGHT AT 1020 PM EST...
  OVER BROWN SHOAL LIGHT AT 1030 PM EST...
  OVER CAPE HENLOPEN AT 1045 PM EST...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES...ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS
SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE SHOWERS, ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AND FRONT PASSES. IF THESE SHOWERS MAINTAIN
THEMSELVES, THEY MIGHT AFFECT THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AFTER 1030
PM TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP AHEAD
OF THIS LINE. PRECEDING THIS LINE PATCHY FOG HAVE DEVELOPED AND HAVE
REDUCED LAND BASED STATION VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN
THICKER PATCHES.

LAT...LON 3845 7504 3858 7506 3854 7520 3859 7529
      3860 7518 3862 7513 3868 7518 3870 7508
      3879 7508 3879 7509 3878 7510 3892 7531
      3907 7540 3929 7543 3916 7489 3897 7496
      3896 7489 3912 7474 3900 7427 3830 7441

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TFG