Small Craft Advisory
NWS Eureka CA ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 3 AM PDT Thursday... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 5 AM To 5 PM PDT Friday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the first Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 7 to 12 feet. For the second Small Craft Advisory, north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 6 to 8 feet expected.
Where
Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Thursday. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 5 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Additional details
Steep westerly seas will rapidly increase late thursday through Friday morning.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Eureka CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M382WTQ6QCV2C6K6W9MTZFYZ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.49eb52f5c0d054f095df7c9091c99f42a55f4589.002.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Eureka CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPEKA
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5624
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWEKA |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KEKA 232131 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0085.260925T1200Z-260926T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T17:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057475 |
| UGC | PZZ475 |