Small Craft Advisory
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect From 8 AM This Morning To 5 PM EDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas around 4 feet expected.
Where
Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
When
From 8 AM this morning to 5 PM EDT this afternoon.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Vineyard Sound
- Buzzards Bay
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31CS991VS4EASEER2KWR8AB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.837fedbcb546dda90d11f99b6a639d6904cda6c3.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2071
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KBOX 210709 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KBOX.SC.Y.0087.260921T1200Z-260921T2100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.28699bb856686343f16576b7f7f3ef731eb7dea0.003.1,2026-09-20T13:57:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d9f1011d0072c85969556cd9c23da17fdea950be.002.1,2026-09-20T03:59:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Vineyard Sound
- Buzzards Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073233 |
| SAME | 073234 |
| UGC | ANZ233 |
| UGC | ANZ234 |