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Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

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2/16/2025 7:17pm 
  • Lexington Conditions: Mostly cloudy
  • 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
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Southeast Middlesex County, MA - Rip Current Statement
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Rip Current Statement

Issued by the National Weather Service - Boston / Norton, MA

    RIP CURRENT STATEMENT  

Rip Current Statement issued September 5 at 2:15AM EDT until September 6 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA

HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

Areas Affected: Eastern Essex; Southeast Middlesex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Barnstable; Dukes; Nantucket

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Moderate

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Saturday 2:15am EDT

Alert Effective: Saturday 2:15am EDT

Alert Expires: Saturday 3:15pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Sunday 2:00am EDT

Event Ends: Sunday 8:00pm EDT

Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton MA

Details: 
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Eastern Essex MA, Southeast Middlesex MA, Suffolk MA,
Eastern Norfolk MA, Eastern Plymouth MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes
MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...From late tonight through Sunday evening.

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

Information: 
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c19b48721db895de41764c96dcf94838c075b488.001.1
Codes: MAZ007, MAZ014, MAZ015, MAZ016, MAZ019, MAZ022, MAZ023, MAZ024
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c19b48721db895de41764c96dcf94838c075b488.001.1