IN Marine Warning and Forecast

IN Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 PM CDT

WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A GALE

WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL

CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS

IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH GALES TO 40 KT TONIGHT.

* SIGNIFICANT WAVES...TO 11 FT.

* OCCASIONAL WAVES...TO 14 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES

EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY

RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE

HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS

ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.

INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER

VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

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