THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* TIMING...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITHIN A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS EVENING.
* TIDES...AT SEWELLS POINT...THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 812 PM EDT. A WATER LEVEL BETWEEN 4.3 AND 4.6 MLLW IS EXPECTED. THIS REPRESENTS A TIDAL DEPARTURE OF AROUND 1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL.
*AT MONEY POINT...THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 824 PM. A WATER LEVEL BETWEEN 4.7 AND 5.0 FT MLLW IS EXPECTED. THIS REPRESENTS A TIDAL DEPARTURE AROUND 1.5 FT.
* IMPACTS...AT SEWELLS POINT...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 4.5 FT MLLW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES...AND/OR WAVE ACTION WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF PRONE LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
