Small Craft Advisory
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 7 PM This Evening To 7 PM EST Sunday
- 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 with a few gusts up to 35 kt and seas 6 to 9 feet expected.
Where
In Rhode Island coastal waters, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. In Massachusetts coastal waters, Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket.
When
From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Sunday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Rhode Island Sound
- Block Island Sound
- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6TEBR505XMN035JJPK6N69D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.af0e2a6b586551c5c1cc44a149a5466efa817684.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2436
- 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 | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KBOX 070725 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBOX.SC.Y.0106.261108T0000Z-261109T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-08T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rhode Island Sound
- Block Island Sound
- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073235 |
| SAME | 073237 |
| SAME | 073255 |
| UGC | ANZ235 |
| UGC | ANZ237 |
| UGC | ANZ255 |