Sunday August 31, 2014
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Houston Ship Channel is open to all traffic since 2216/3rd May
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Galveston / Texas City is open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Freeport is open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">HURRICANE SEASON 2014
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MARSEC LEVEL 1
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Maximum Deep Drafts - Houston / Galveston Bay
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PORTS NOAA/NOS Water Levels (above MLLW) @ 1117 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.4 ft Rising = 46’04”
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.7 ft Rising = 46’07”
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.9 ft Steady = 46’09”
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.8 ft Falling = 46’08”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 1117 hrs
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10 knots from WSW, gusts to 13 knots
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11knots from S, gusts to 15 knots
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">16 knots from S, gusts to 19 knots
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tides for Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, Texas
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Morgan’s Point / Barbour’s Cut
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Please visit our WEB Site<span-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
www.moranshipping.com
for port tide tables
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Port of Houston Authority
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ACOE Project Depth for Houston Ship Channel
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">45 feet/13.72 meters up to Shell Oiltanking
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">40 feet/12.19 meters up to S.P. Slip
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">36 feet/10.97 meters to the Turning Basin
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">40 feet/12.19 meters Barbours Cut Channel
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">40 feet/12.19 meters Bayport Channel
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please note the above information is based on the Corp of Engineers – Project draft for the Houston Ship Channel, if you have a
question regarding deep draft in Houston Ship Channel or alongside a berth, please contact our operations department
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HSC Air Drafts Restrictions
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Power Lines
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">197’ (Morgan’s Point)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">197’ (below Fred Hartman Bridge – Baytown)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">175' (Baytown/LaPorte Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">197’ (Battleship Texas)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">175' (Beltway 8 Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">197’ (Power Plant)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">135' (Loop 610 Bridge)
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Air drafts clearances are based on MHW // Vessels should allow an additional 10 feet clearance for the Power Lines
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Port of Texas City
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Texas City Ship Channel is approximately 11 miles from GB Buoy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The ACOE project draft for the TXCSC is 45’00 FW at MLT from the GB BUOY to Valero Dock # 42, the channel above project draft is
40’00 FW at MLT. The length on the final approach from the Houston, Galveston, Texas City tri-channel split is approximately 6 miles, the width is approximately a 400 ft bottom, the Turning Basin is approximately 4,200 ft long and 1,200 ft wide with a maximum
deep draft of 45 ft FW at MLT, and is navigable day or night with no air draft restrictions. Only TX City Docks with 45’00” maximum deep draft at MLT are TC # 11, 12, 41, & 42
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#051423">The Galveston Ship Channel is approximately miles from GB Buoy
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#051423">The ACOE project draft for the GSC is 45’00” FW. The narrowest point is approximately 1,200 ft wide with no air draft restrictions.
At the POGA berths the maximum deep draft varies from 32’00” to 40’00” at MLT,
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Port of Freeport is located three miles from deep water, the channel is 400 ft wide and ACOE project maximum deep draft at MLW is 45’00”.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brazos Harbor Nautical Miles from Freeport Buoy to Facilities and surrounding areas.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Recommended Maximum Deep Draft
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please contact Moran Freeport for in case of any changes in maximum deep draft
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Draft Restrictions
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ACOE Project maximum deep draft
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Recommended depth varies based on 3 ft UKC
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brazos Harbor and BASF Channel maximum deep draft
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10.9 m
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Old River Channel maximum deep draft
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">15 ft
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4.5 m
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">NOAA Weather Galveston Bay & Matagorda Bay
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FZUS54 KHGX 311608
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR TEXAS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANNEL OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-010430-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SCATTERED MARITIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BLOSSOMING WITHIN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. A SLIGHT STRENGTHENING TO ONSHORE WINDS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EARLY IN THE WEEK AS PRESSURES LOWER IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-335-010430-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MATAGORDA BAY-GALVESTON BAY-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-010430-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS 3 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-010430-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
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