Active Advisories:    Statement
  • Currently

    Reported at Monterey, Monterey Peninsula Airport, CA
    10:54 PM PDT WED MAY 30 2012
  • 54°F12°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:54°F12°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:82% Winds:SW 5 mph 8 kph
    Pressure:30.09 in1019 hPaVisibility:9.00 miles14481.00 meters

Statement

1130 AM PDT WED MAY 30 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

BACTERIA LEVELS HAVE EXCEEDED HEALTH GUIDELINES AT STILLWATER COVER
NEAR PEBBLE BEACH. THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVISES
THE PUBLIC TO AVOID OCEAN WATER CONTACT AT THIS TIME WHEN VISITING
STILLWATER COVE. STILLWATER COVE REMAINS OPEN AND ALL OTHER
MONTEREY BEACHES REMAIN OPEN AT THIS TIME WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

* LOCATION...STILLWATER COVE.

* TIMING...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OCEAN WATER MAY CAUSE 
ILLNESS. 

* SOURCE...THIS INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST 
OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
VISIT WWW.MTYHD.ORG/BEACH (ALL LOWER CASE) OR CALL 1-800-347- 
6363. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR
A BEACH BACTERIA WARNING MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE BACTERIAL
STANDARD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED...BUT THERE IS NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
HUMAN SEWAGE. A BEACH WARNING ALERTS THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
RISK OF ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONTACT. WARNING MAY ALSO
BE POSTED WHERE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND CAN
BE EXPLAINED AS NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN (E.G.... RESIDENT MARINE
MAMMALS OR SEABIRDS). PLEASE AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THIS
TIME.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS.

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