Small Craft Advisory in effect for VI
"Hazardous seas, due to fresh to strong winds resulting from a tight pressure gradient, are expected to cause a threat to the life and property of mariners. Winds: Northeast at 30 to 44 km/h (16 to 24 knots; 18 to 28 mph), with strong gusts to around 65 km/h (35 knots; 40 mph)," the release noted.
According to the Met Service, seas (significant wave heights): 2.5 to over 4 metres (8 to 14 feet), occasionally or locally reaching over 5 metres (18 feet). Dominant wind wave period is 5 to 9 seconds. Location to be affected included open waters, especially on the Atlantic side of the islands.
Hazardous wave conditions
Possible impacts, the advisory cautioned, could include loss of life at sea; injuries to mariners; financial losses; disruption of fisheries and scarcity of fish products and disruption to marine transportation.
A small craft advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots and or wind waves and or wind swells of 7 feet or greater are expected to produce hazardous wave conditions to small crafts.
The met service warned that inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
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