Small Craft Advisory
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 347 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016
...COLD FRONT WILL BRING HAZARDOUS MARINE
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING... A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY, LEAVING 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS AND SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 12 FEET IN ITS WAKE, WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE. SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM COULD REACH 15 FEET. CONDITIONS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ALSO DETERIORATE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS BUILDING 7 TO 10 FEET. AMZ630-650-651-670-671-301100- /O.CON.KMFL.SC.Y.0037.161230T0600Z-161231T1000Z/ BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BAHAMAS- 347 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 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. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 420 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 301200- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY- INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI-DADE-METRO MIAMI-DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI- DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 420 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ALL WATERS BEGINNING TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. WIND: NORTHWEST TO NORTH SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC, GULF, AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE WATERS LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. WAVES: SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 12 FEET IN THE ATLANTIC, OCCASIONALLY TO 15 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM, AND 7 TO 10 FEET IN THE GULF. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL EXIT SOUTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY OVER ALL SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS WITH CONTINUED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 40S OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, WITH UPPER 30S POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY DROP TO BELOW 40 DEGREES OVER PARTS OF GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES AS WELL AS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY DURING THE PRE-DAWN AND EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE AT LEAST MODERATE FOR BOTH THE GULF AND ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY, WITH A CONTINUED ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.