322 WHUS71 KCLE 261348 MWWCLE URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 948 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 LEZ142>149-262200- /O.NEW.KCLE.SC.Y.0076.121026T1348Z-121027T2000Z/ MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 948 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SATURDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE CROSSING THE LAKE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GENERATE WAVES IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET. THERE MAY BE A LULL EARLY THIS EVENING IN WIND AND WAVES...BUT TONIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP AND BUILD WAVES TO 4 TO 6 FEET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE PAST SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL AVERAGE 4 FEET OR MORE AND WIND SPEEDS MAY EXCEED 22 KNOTS WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD STAY IN PORT OR RETURN TO PORT PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ OUDEMAN