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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
828 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...MARINE FORECAST...
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAFE BOATING MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL SAFE
BOATING COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THIS YEARS
NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
UNDERSTANDING A MARINE FORECAST IS CRITICAL TO SAFE BOATING.
WEATHER AND WAVE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY...CATCHING
BOATERS OFF GUARD AND CREATING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS.
TYPICAL MARINE FORECASTS PREDICT WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...WAVE
HEIGHTS AND PERIODS...ROUGHNESS OF NEAR SHORE WATERS...AND
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. MARINE FORECASTS COVER LARGE AREAS AND THE
FORECAST ELEMENTS ARE OFTEN GIVEN IN RANGES. THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER MAY NOT OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE AREA OR DURING THE ENTIRE
FORECAST PERIOD. THE RANGES REPRESENT AVERAGE CONDITIONS OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME...USUALLY 12 HOURS...AND THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS MAY
BE LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE FORECAST RANGES. BOATERS SHOULD PLAN
FOR CONDITIONS ABOVE AND BELOW THE PREDICTED RANGES.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTE OF ANY CURRENT ADVISORIES AND WARNIGNS...
INCLUDING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES...GALE...OR STORM WARNINGS WHICH
ALERT MARINERS TO EITHER HIGH WINDS OR WAVES OCCURRING NOW OR
FORECAST TO OCCUR UP TO 24 HOURS FROM NOW. SPECIAL MARINE
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR SUDDEN INCREASES IN WINDS TO OVER 35
KNOTS OR 40 MILES PER HOUR...WATERSPOUTS...AND HAIL THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND INDICATE MORE IMMEDATE THREATS.
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS BRING ATTENTION TO SIGNIFICANT RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS ON THE WATER INCLUDING INCREASE IN
WINDS...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPMENT OF DENSE FOG AND
EVEN SNOW SQUALLS OR STRONG AND GUSTY RAIN SHOWERS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A MARINE VHF TRANSCEIVER WITH BUILT IN NOAA
WEATHER RADIO CHANNELS. IF YOU VENTURE BEYOND ABOUT A 25
NAUTICAL MILE RANGE FROM SHORE...YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING
A GOOD QUALITY HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE SIDEBAND TRANSCEIVER AND
SATELLITE PHONE.
BEFORE SETTING OUT...OBTAIN THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST AND WARNING
INFORMATION FROM WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MARINE OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
SEVERAL DAYS AHEAD OF TIME YOU CAN BEGIN LISTENING FOR EXTENDED
OUTLOOKS WHICH GIVE GENERAL INFORMATION OUT TO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS
IN BOTH GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORMAT.
THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL. VISIT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND THE NATIONAL
SAFE BOATING COUNCIL AT WWW.SAFEBOATINGCOUNCIL.ORG.
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LOMBARDY
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1104 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013
...EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACONS...
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAFE BOATING MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL SAFE
BOATING COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THIS YEARS
NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
THE COSPAS SARSAT SYSTEM IS AN INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE BASED
SEARCH AND RESCUE SYSTEM USED TO LOCATE EMERGENCY RADIO BEACONS
TRANSMITTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 406 MEGAHERTZ. SINCE NINETEEN
EIGHTY TWO...THE COSPAS SARSAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN THE RESCUE OF MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE
AND MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS IN THE
UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE UNITED STATES...THE NATIONAL OCEANIC
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IS THE LEAD REPRESENTATIVE TO
THE COSPAS SARSAT ORGANIZATION.
EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACONS ARE A TYPE OF
EMERGENCY RADIO BEACON DEVELOPED FOR USE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS.
OTHER TYPES OF EMERGENCY RADIO BEACONS SUCH AS PERSONAL LOCATOR
BEACONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS...HOWEVER THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS CAN BE COMPROMISED WHEN USED IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.
406 MEGAHERTZ EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACONS ARE
DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES. CATEGORY 1 BEACONS ARE ACTIVATED
AUTOMATICALLY OR MAY BE ACTIVATED MANUALLY. CATEGORY 2 BEACONS
CAN ONLY BE ACTIVATED MANUALLY. EITHER OF THESE TWO TYPES OF
BEACONS MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH GPS WHICH WILL HELP RESCUE FORCES
LOCATE YOU MORE QUICKLY. AS PROVEN BY EXPERIENCE...A BEACON
OFTEN SERVES AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE WHEN DISASTER STRIKES.
ALL TYPES OF BEACONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY AFFORDABLE AND
ALL MARINERS SHOULD INVESTIGATE PROCURING ONE...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS OR OFFSHORE AREAS.
ONCE YOUR PURCHASE IS MADE...MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU REGISTER YOUR
BEACON WHICH IS MANDATORY. THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE ON YOUR
REGISTRATION MAY HELP RESCUE FORCES FIND YOU FASTER IN AN
EMERGENCY. THIS INFORMATION ALSO ALLOWS RESCUE COORDINATION
CENTER PERSONNEL TO DETERMINE IF A DISTRESS ALERT IS REAL OR
FALSE AND PREVENT THE NEEDLESS DISPATCH OF RESCUE FORCES TO
LOCATE A FALSE ALERT. YOU MAY REGISTER ONLINE AT
WWW.BEACONREGISTRATION.NOAA.GOV.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON COSPAS SARSAT OR THE EMERGENCY POSITION
INDICATING RADIO BEACONS VISIT WWW.SARSAT.NOAA.GOV.
THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL. VISIT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND THE NATIONAL
SAFE BOATING COUNCIL AT WWW.SAFEBOATINGCOUNCIL.ORG.
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LOMBARDY
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