Small Craft Advisory
NWS Seattle WA ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect From 2 PM This Afternoon To 3 AM PDT Tuesday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
West winds 15 to 20 with gusts to 25 kt.
Where
Central U. S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca and East Entrance U. S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
When
From 2 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Tuesday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots and/or seas 10 feet or higher are expected to produce hazardous wave conditions to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels should avoid navigating in these conditions.
Affected areas
- Central U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
- East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Seattle WA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31HFM67VBFMMV9BV2Y8NMZ8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.10e3c02bb6306927c3b2fd606ca1d9ed7563c0d8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Seattle WA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPSEW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4665
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- 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 | MWWSEW |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KSEW 210831 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSEW.SC.Y.0129.260921T2100Z-260922T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T03:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.df28909348623ced1e3d6f06cdbb139fbd08437f.001.1,2026-09-20T13:23:00-07:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Central U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
- East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057131 |
| SAME | 057132 |
| UGC | PZZ131 |
| UGC | PZZ132 |