Local Weather

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...
THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS.
OCEAN SWELLS LEFTOVER FROM EARL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HIGH
SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE HIGHEST SURF WILL EXIST ALONG MOST EAST FACING BEACHES OF
CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND.
SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY AS WEST WINDS
COUNTERACT LEFTOVER SWELL FROM EARL...EXCEPT ACROSS BUZZARDS BAY.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FEET ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS TONIGHT WILL SUBSIDE TO 4
TO 6 FEET ON SUNDAY. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS STILL EXISTS
FOR SUNDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A
STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE
SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND
EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT.
IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM
PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL.  ANOTHER MEANS OF
ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT
BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM
TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT.
HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND OBEY ALL SWIMMING
RESTRICTIONS.
IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL
AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN
TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO
THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING
INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN
INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.
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