URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED... .VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE REGION. CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE BY MIDDAY THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF A SURFACE RIDGE CLOSES IN ON THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH NEAR 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 6 FEET IN TIDAL LAKES AND SOUNDS. 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.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:43:09 +0000
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