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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

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NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT
THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
TONIGHT. EXPECTED WAVES OF 6 TO 12 FEET TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
TO 5 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT...AND TO 3 TO 6 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS ARE LIKELY...AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN
4 FEET ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

JC