Small Craft Advisory
NWS Caribou ME ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect From 11 AM This Morning To 8 PM EDT Sunday
- 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 35 kt and seas 4 to 7 ft expected.
Where
Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME.
When
From 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT Sunday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Additional details
Long period southerly swells will reach criteria tonight before winds increase to criteria Saturday morning.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Caribou ME
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BG8F8RW3ACZTB509JT6FQV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f69edc1b2b577c5c4edfb7f8cf0326f11fecd843.003.1
- 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.7539
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWCAR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KCAR 250522 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KCAR.SC.Y.0068.260925T1500Z-260928T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ce593d20336afd32e505a772021e152bf105283.003.1,2026-09-24T02:19:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073052 |
| UGC | ANZ052 |