...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
KT ON THURSDAY. SEAS 4 TO 7 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 33 KT AND/OR SEAS OF 5 FT OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING, AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR
PLANS.

&&

...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT,
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT, NORTHERN FAIRFIELD,
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX, NORTHERN NEW HAVEN, NORTHERN NEW LONDON,
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD, SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX, SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN,
AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, EASTERN
BERGEN, EASTERN ESSEX, EASTERN PASSAIC, EASTERN UNION, HUDSON,
WESTERN BERGEN, WESTERN ESSEX, WESTERN PASSAIC, AND WESTERN
UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK, BRONX, KINGS (BROOKLYN), NEW
YORK (MANHATTAN), NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK, NORTHERN NASSAU,
NORTHERN QUEENS, NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK,
ORANGE, PUTNAM, RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND), ROCKLAND,
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK, SOUTHERN NASSAU, SOUTHERN QUEENS,
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER, AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY AND PASSES
THROUGH ON THURSDAY. RAIN TONIGHT BECOMES POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT
TIMES THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. A TOTAL OF 1.25 TO 2.50 INCHES OF
RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR WITH THIS
EVENT, HOWEVER MOST OF IT FALLS DURING THURSDAY. FLASH FLOODING
OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS WILL
THEREFORE BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
KT ON THURSDAY. SEAS 4 TO 7 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 33 KT AND/OR SEAS OF 5 FT OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING, AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR
PLANS.

&&