HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 423 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
THE SURF WILL TURN ROUGH AND WILL BUILD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS DEVELOP. BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE WILL
REACH 6 TO 8 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE
BREAKERS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS THE WINDS TURN OFFSHORE.
RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND FREQUENT. SOME BEACH EROSION IS
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...7 TO 10 PM.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...
REACHING SAVANNAH THIS EVENING AND THEN MOVING NORTHEAST...HUGGING
THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN
SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME A MAJOR COASTAL
STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS. LOW PRESSURE WILL
BOMB AS IT MOVES UP THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED
BEACH EROSION. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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