Coastal Marine Forecast

FZUS51 KBOX 090743 CWFBOX COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 343 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI OUT TO 25 NM ANZ250-091915- /O.CAN.KBOX.SC.Y.0180.080509T1800Z-080510T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.GL.W.0030.080510T0000Z-080510T1900Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 343 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON TODAY N WINDS AROUND 5 KT...BECOMING NE AROUND NOON...THEN BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AROUND NOON. RAIN LIKELY LATE. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM LATE. TONIGHT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT... BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM IN THE EVENING. SAT N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SAT NIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...DECREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SUN N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT... DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT AROUND NOON...THEN BECOMING NE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SUN NIGHT E WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING NE WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. MON NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 12 FT. RAIN LIKELY. TUE N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS PRODUCT IS NORMALLY ISSUED TWICE DAILY AT APPROXIMATELY 4 AM AND 4 PM...AND UPDATED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.