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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
359 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
...ROUGH SEAS TO PERSIST OVER THE OCEAN WATERS THIS WEEKEND...
.HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND A BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL RESULT IN A PERSISTENT EAST
TO NORTHEAST FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
TODAY...BUT LINGERING SWELLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH TONIGHT AND
POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNDAY.
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MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
359 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
EDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT
SUNDAY. THIS REPLACES THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AS WINDS HAVE
DIMINISHED. 
NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS. HOWEVER...
SEAS REMAIN ROUGH AT 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 5 FOOT OR HIGHER AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN
SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT
UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN
IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY
CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.
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