CFWBOX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 418 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...ONE OR POSSIBLY TWO GALE CENTERS WILL AFFECT COASTAL SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... MAZ007-015-016-RIZ008-161630- /O.CAN.KBOX.CF.S.0004.091016T0900Z-091016T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.CF.Y.0005.091016T0900Z-091017T0400Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 418 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. GALE FORCE NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ALONG WITH SEAS OF AROUND 15 FEET WILL OCCUR TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES AND A 1 TO 1.5 FOOT SURGE WILL LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING FOR TODAY/S HIGH TIDE CYCLES...ESPECIALLY THE MARBLEHEAD...REVERE...WINTHROP TO SCITUATE SECTION OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN THE WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...THE CURRENT OUTLOOK IS FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL NOREASTER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BUT WITH LESS CERTAINTY ON TRACK AND INTENSITY. BEACH EROSION FROM MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ON SUCCESSIVE TIDE CYCLES FROM TODAY INTO SUNDAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IN COASTAL NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. IF EITHER GALE CENTER WERE TO TRACK CLOSER OR BECOME STRONGER...A MORE SERIOUS COASTAL FLOOD THREAT WOULD EMERGE SUNDAY. ANYONE WITH EAST FACING OCEAN EXPOSURE COASTAL CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND BE PREPARED TO ADJUST PLANS. && ALL TIDE HEIGHTS ARE RELATIVE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR. BOSTON HARBOR TOTAL ASTRO TIDE DAY/TIME TIDE SURGE WAVES FLOOD /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ CATEGORY ------- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ---------- 10.1 15/10 PM 10.1 0.0 1-2 NONE 12.2 16/10 AM 11.1 1.1 2 NONE 12.1 16/11 PM 10.9 1.2 2 NONE 11.9 17/11 AM 11.4 0.5 2 NONE 11.2 17/11 PM 10.7 0.5 2 NONE 12.5 18/12 PM 11.5 1.0 3 MINOR NEWBURYPORT TOTAL ASTRO TIDE DAY/TIME TIDE SURGE WAVES FLOOD /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ CATEGORY ------- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ---------- 8.5 15/10 PM 8.3 0.2 1-2 NONE 10.0 16/10 AM 9.1 0.9 6 NONE 10.1 16/11 PM 9.0 1.1 6 NONE 10.0 17/11 AM 9.4 0.6 5-6 NONE 9.4 18/12 AM 8.8 0.6 5 NONE 10.4 18/12 PM 9.5 0.9 6 NONE GLOUCESTER HARBOR TOTAL ASTRO TIDE DAY/TIME TIDE SURGE WAVES FLOOD /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ CATEGORY ------- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ---------- 8.9 15/10 PM 9.0 -0.1 1-3 NONE 10.9 16/10 AM 10.0 0.9 7-9 NONE 10.9 16/11 PM 9.8 1.1 9-10 MINOR 10.7 17/11 AM 10.2 0.5 8-9 NONE 10.1 17/11 PM 9.6 0.5 8 NONE 11.2 18/12 PM 10.3 0.9 9 NONE BLOCK ISLAND - OLD HARBOR TOTAL ASTRO TIDE DAY/TIME TIDE SURGE WAVES FLOOD /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ /FT/ CATEGORY ------- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ---------- 3.1 15/06 PM 2.9 0.2 4-5 NONE 4.9 16/07 AM 3.5 1.4 7-9 NONE 4.2 16/07 PM 2.9 1.3 8-9 NONE 4.5 17/08 AM 3.6 0.9 5 NONE 3.3 18/08 PM 2.9 0.4 6-7 NONE 4.1 18/08 AM 3.6 0.5 8 NONE $$