High Surf Advisory
NWS Caribou ME ยท US
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Details
High Surf Advisory In Effect From 8 AM Friday To 8 PM EDT Sunday
- Event
- High Surf Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Large breaking waves of 5 to 9 feet. Highest waves will impact the outermost islands.
Where
Coastal Hancock County.
When
From 8 AM Friday to 8 PM EDT Sunday.
Impacts
Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves...as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water.
Instructions
A High Surf Advisory Means That High Surf Will Affect Beaches In The Advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion.
Affected areas
- Coastal Hancock
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Caribou ME
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M390TVXXDVDSE3VCZ73YC06Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a8efe4151637800c6aba88022a18e0e2cd276e05.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Caribou ME
- AWIPS ID
- CAPCAR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.430
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SUY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWCAR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KCAR 240614 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.260925T1200Z-260928T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Hancock
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 023009 |
| UGC | MEZ029 |