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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 ...
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 ...
A wind advisory is generally issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there are sustained non thunderstorm winds of 31–39 miles per hour (50–63 km/h) and/or gusts of 46–57 miles per hour (74–92 km/h) over land. Winds over the said cap will trigger high wind alerts rather than a wind advisory
The advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Wednesday, and the weather service is cautioning residents to secure outdoor objects and watch for downed trees and possible power outages.
Westport resident Constance Gee, member of Westport's new Offshore Wind Committee, says this is some of the debris she began collecting along the shores of Elephant Rock Beach and Nubble Beach in ...
The National Weather Service in Buffalo issued a wind advisory for several counties in the Rochester region, effective from 4 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday.. The advisory warns of west winds ...
a hazardous seas watch has also been issued. this hazardous seas watch is in effect from friday afternoon through late saturday night. the small craft advisory for hazardous seas is now in effect from 4 am thursday to 4 pm pst friday. a small craft advisory for winds remains in effect from 4 am thursday to 4 am pst friday.
Mar. 5—The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for portions of Maui County and Hawaii island, effective until 6 p.m. today. Forecasters say northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph, with ...