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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
248 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012

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PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
248 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...S WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT BY EARLY
  EVENING....AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY BY THIS
  EVENING AS GALE CONDITIONS DEVELOP.

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 HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

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CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
248 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...S WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE BY THIS
  EVENING...DIMINISHING ON TUE.

* SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY BY THIS
  EVENING AS NEAR GALE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. A LONG PERIOD NW SWELL
  WILL BUILD IN LATE TUESDAY...PEAKING AS HIGH AS 15 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
248 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PDT
FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...S WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE BY THIS
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO. WINDS
  WILL DIMINISH ON TUE.

* SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY BY THIS
  EVENING AS NEAR GALE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. A LONG PERIOD NW SWELL
  WILL BUILD IN EARLY WEDNESDAY...PEAKING AS HIGH AS 16 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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