IN Marine Warning and Forecast

IN Marine Warnings and Forecast for Friday, May 5, 2017

_____

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY...

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO 30 KT...35 KT GALES LATE TONIGHT AND

FRIDAY.

* SIGNIFICANT WAVES...TO 12 FT.

* OCCASIONAL WAVES...TO 15 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.

_____

Copyright 2017 AccuWeather

_____

Keywords: Indiana, Marine Warnings and Forecast