546 WHUS72 KMHX 250748 MWWMHX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 348 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING...INCREASING A SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 25 KNOTS WITH SEAS BUILDING TO ABOVE 6 FEET FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY. AMZ154-156-158-252000- /O.NEW.KMHX.SC.Y.0054.120625T2200Z-120627T0200Z/ S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM- S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM- 348 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT...BECOMING NORTH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...4 TO 7 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$