Small Craft Advisory

NWS Seattle WA · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-11-12 08:44:00 UTC.

Details

Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 4 PM PST Wednesday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-11-09 21:47:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-11-09 21:47:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-11-10 06:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-11-12 00:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft.

Where

West Entrance U. S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.

When

Until 4 PM PST Wednesday.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Additional details

Wind gusts may approach 35 kt Tuesday evening into Wednesday.

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

West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Seattle WA
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-11-09 21:48:26 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m26s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M714HC3PMA34R7JW1ZYNNW3V
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c11aff3f77919e9b495d6dbcfde6f9a956cdf6dc.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Seattle WA
AWIPS ID: CAPSEW
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.12
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1ff34917083179a3e17f53d05b2dc1060487ad93.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 17:25:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5cca84dde2cd9691839b4ddf562579bf084fd031.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 10:21:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa18b4c46e1945908955c0951879fb68be63db9e.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 04:29:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e2a5b0f7b3d66509edc9de730ece90edafcf7b6a.006.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 22:01:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.feea35761e1632ef5c44d825907f1a68080b296c.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 17:52:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d10e3cbefe7f72af305075844cfdc08061e78646.004.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 14:46:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWSEW
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KSEW 092147
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXT.KSEW.SC.Y.0146.000000T0000Z-261112T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-11-11T16:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5cca84dde2cd9691839b4ddf562579bf084fd031.003.1,2026-11-09T02:21:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa18b4c46e1945908955c0951879fb68be63db9e.003.1,2026-11-08T20:29:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e2a5b0f7b3d66509edc9de730ece90edafcf7b6a.006.1,2026-11-08T14:01:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.feea35761e1632ef5c44d825907f1a68080b296c.001.2,2026-11-08T09:52:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d10e3cbefe7f72af305075844cfdc08061e78646.004.2,2026-11-08T06:46:00-08:00

Locations

Location data

West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca

Name	Value
SAME	057130
UGC	PZZ130