Small Craft Advisory
NWS Seattle WA ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect From 11 AM This Morning To 5 AM PDT Saturday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
West winds 20 to 30 kt.
Where
Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands.
When
From 11 AM this morning to 5 AM PDT Saturday.
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
- Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Seattle WA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BVH3S8Y2722AJA3A2BND74
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e40d910c607a21f8b191a79718c15c91ec1fcd5f.005.1
- 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.4773
- 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 250839 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSEW.SC.Y.0130.260925T1800Z-260926T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T05:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e199e297bf9b56dee9a8c27fe7a2f5262bb6cede.005.1,2026-09-24T13:32:00-07:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057133 |
| UGC | PZZ133 |