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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION. THEN...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS. STEEP SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY THIS EVENING...AND TO 8 TO 11 FEET BY SATURDAY. 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 21:55:19 +0000

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