000 WHUS72 KCHS 270824 MWWCHS URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 324 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 AMZ374-271100- /O.CON.KCHS.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-091127T1100Z/ WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 324 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOT GALES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE AS COLD...DRY AIR FILTERS IN OVER THE WARMER ATLANTIC WATERS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. GUSTS UP TO 40 KT CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY BEYOND 40 NM FROM SHORE. SEAS WILL BUILD AS HIGH AS 6 TO 9 FT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNRISE...AFTER WHICH THE GALE WARNING WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ AMZ330-350-352-354-271600- /O.CON.KCHS.SC.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091127T1600Z/ CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 324 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT EITHER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...SEAS OF 6 FT OR GREATER OVER THE ATLANTIC...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS NAVIGATING CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$