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Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

35°F
2/16/2025 7:17pm 
  • Lexington Conditions: Fog, Overcast
  • Temperature: 35.1°F / 1.7°CColder 0.1°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 32.4°FDecreased 0.1°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 90% 
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 29.00 inFalling 0.05 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: ½ mile
  • Rain Today: 0.01 in
  • UV Index: $VPuv None
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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC

    BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT  

Ocracoke Island, NC

Beach Hazards Statement issued May 25 at 8:03PM EDT until May 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC

BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS

Areas Affected: West Carteret; East Carteret; Coastal Onslow; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Moderate

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Monday 8:03pm EDT

Alert Effective: Monday 8:03pm EDT

Alert Expires: Tuesday 8:15am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Tuesday 8:00am EDT

Event Ends: Tuesday 8:00pm EDT

Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC

Details: 
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip
currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide,
which will occur around 10:00 AM Tuesday.

Information: 
Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain
calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired,
float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to
escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d031c2a2634e9924d4411c3d85be2e355ddc0c3f.001.2
Codes: NCZ195, NCZ196, NCZ199, NCZ204, NCZ205
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d031c2a2634e9924d4411c3d85be2e355ddc0c3f.001.2