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Small craft advisory pennant. A small craft advisory is a type of wind warning issued by the National Weather Service in the United States. In Canada a similar warning is issued by Environment Canada. It is issued when winds have reached, or are expected to reach within 12 hours, a speed marginally less than gale force. A Small Craft Advisory ...
Small craft advisory for hazardous seas SCAH – An advisory to mariners of wave or sea conditions that are potentially hazardous to small boats because of wave height, wave period, steepness, or swell direction, even if wind speeds are expected to fall below locally defined small craft advisory criteria. Only issued by WFOs in coastal regions ...
Through a system of flags, the towers can indicate not only wind-related warnings, but also major aspects of the local daily weather forecast. Warning pennant Warning flag. A single red pennant was shown from the top of the tower as a small craft advisory; for a gale warning, two such pennants were used. Two square flags, red with a black ...
ADVISORY: We’re extending the small vessel speed restriction for Cape Cod Bay through May 15. To help protect endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales, small vessels are required to travel at ...
In US maritime warning flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a storm warning (the use of two such flags denotes a hurricane force wind warning or a hurricane warning). The same flag as a storm warning is used to indicate a tropical storm warning.
September on Cape Cod is the time for sweet swims at quiet beaches, bountiful harvests at farmers markets and less traffic everywhere. Warm waters, empty beaches: Why September may be the best ...
Winds over the said cap will trigger high wind alerts rather than a wind advisory. The advisory is site specific, but winds of this magnitude occurring over an area that frequently experiences such wind speeds on a basis will not trigger a wind advisory. [1] A slightly lower wind speed in areas around lakes may trigger a Lake wind advisory instead.
the hazardous seas warning is now in effect until 5 am pdt sunday. a gale warning remains in effect until 2 am pdt saturday. a strong front moving through the waters today will bring south winds of 35 to 40 kt with occasional gusts near 50 kt to the area. higher gusts up to 55 kt are expected around cape blanco.