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Detail from NOAA nautical chart 12300 showing the Nantucket Shoals in relation to Nantucket Island.. Nantucket Shoals is an area of dangerously shallow water in the Atlantic Ocean that extends from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, eastward for 23 miles (37 km) and southeastward for 40 miles (64 km); in places water depth can be as shallow as 3 feet (0.91 m). [1]
They cover the North Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Europe to the U.S. and Canadian east coasts, and the North Pacific Ocean from the U.S. and Canadian west coast to the east coast of Asia. OPC weather forecasts and warnings for these areas primarily ensure the safety of ocean-crossing commercial ships and other vessels on the high seas.
Bitter cold winter weather can lead to deadly consequences and dangerous travel conditions ... A beach-goer heads to the ocean on Wednesday after a winter storm dropped ice and snow on the Isle of ...
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
He said: "We do this by a series of tall moorings that go from the sea bed at 4,000m to close to the ocean surface, around 50m. "We also have these tall moorings on the eastern side of the ...
That could fundamentally alter global weather patterns. New research warns of a possible collapse in Atlantic Ocean currents due to climate change. That could fundamentally alter global weather ...
00:48. Includes weather reports from an extended list of coastal stations at 00:52 and an inshore waters forecast at 00:55 and concludes with a brief UK weather outlook for the coming day. The broadcast finishes at approximately 00:58. 05:20. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 05:25, and an inshore waters forecast at 05:27.
The reasons researchers predicted a busy, dangerous hurricane season this spring were record high ocean temperatures in the Atlantic and a likelihood that La Niña, a natural pattern of ...