Active Advisories: Coastal Flood Warning
Currently
Reported at Pease Air Force Base / Portsmouth, NH
10:55 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012- 52°F11°C
Showers- Feels Like:52°F11°CDew Point:50°F10°CHumidity:94%
Winds:NE 16 mph 26 kph
Pressure:29.71 in1006 hPaVisibility:6.00 miles9654.00 meters
Coastal Flood Warning
1050 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...COASTAL MAINE FROM PENOBSCOT BAY SOUTH TO THE PISCATAQUA RIVER...AS WELL AS COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. * TIMING...AT LEAST MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE TIMES ARE AROUND NOON TODAY AND AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...THEREFORE...CONTINUED EROSION AND FLOODING MAY STILL OCCUR IN ISOLATED SPOTS EVEN WHEN NOT AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HOWEVER...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EROSION IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF TONIGHT/S HIGH TIDE. SURGE IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN HALF A FOOT AND ONE AND A HALF FEET. * IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION...AND DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ARE ALL EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED FLOODING THREAT IN SEA SIDE ESTUARIES AND MOUTHS OF RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT... AS FLOODING...SIGNIFICANT SPLASH OVER...AND BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. &&
