Small Craft Advisory issued December 16 at 10:17AM EST until December 17 at 12:00AM EST by NWS Key West FL

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Dec 16, 2024

* WHAT…Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30
knots and seas up to 9 ft in the Straits of Florida.

* WHERE…Straits of Florida, and Hawk Channel.

* WHEN…In Effect.

* IMPACTS…A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20
to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to
produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous
conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering
response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and
falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls,
swamped bows at reef tract mooring balls, and dragging anchors.

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