Re: *Weather Alert* Very serious...
Not the case here in New England: Looks like it will be bad. 25 feet offshore.
NOAA:
HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MAY TOTAL AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES.
THIS WOULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING...AS WELL AS
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. ACROSS THE
INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...RAIN MAY MIX WITH
OR EVEN CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WITH
SOME ACCUMULATION.
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE COAST...WHERE
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING GUSTS UP TO 55
MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF GUSTS
REACHING 65 MPH ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST...ESPECIALLY NEAR CAPE COD AND
THE ISLANDS.
IN ADDITION...THE STORM WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT OF
SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED COASTAL FLOODING BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...PERSISTENT ONSHORE
WINDS AND HIGH SEAS JUST OFFSHORE COULD PRODUCE AT LEAST MODERATE
COASTAL FLOODING IN SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
FOR THE MARINE COMMUNITY...STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH SEAS BUILDING AS HIGH AS 25 FEET OFFSHORE.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...ESPECIALLY MARINERS AND THOSE WITH
INTERESTS NEAR THE COAST AND ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS...ARE STRONGLY
ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS COASTAL STORM. LISTEN TO
NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA.
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1988 V20 Steplift, 2004 Evinrude 150 FICHT
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