...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 10 to 20 kt
with gusts up to 25 kt. For the Gale Warning, southwest winds
20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 2 to 5 ft expected.

* WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding
Bloodsworth Island.

* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until midnight EST
tonight. For the Gale Warning, from midnight tonight to 1 AM
EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could
capsize or damage vessels.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong southwest winds accompanying a
squall line will bring brief gale-force winds early Friday
morning. This will be followed by a brief drop in winds in the
mid-morning hours before winds jump back up to gale-force, but
this time out of the west-northwest by the afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for hazardous conditions.

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