<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON Harbor is at MARSEC Level 1
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON CBP has noted the following:
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crew changes are being permitted. Offsigner flights need to be vetted by CBP in advance.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shore leave is permitted on a case by case basis by CBP.
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will be no restrictions on services provided to the vessels (techs / etc). They are leaving it up to the individual company to follow their own response plan to determine if they should
board a vessel or not.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sunny, 67°F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Feels Like 67° F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Today’s High 76°F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Wind, NW 8 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Humidity 81%
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Visibility 10.0 mi
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Pressure 29.98 in
Clouds giving way to sun.
<span-family:"Courier New";color:black">Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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<span-family:"Courier New"">Dry weather returns today and Friday. Rain from Hurricane Lee
<span-family:"Courier New"">arrives Friday evening into Saturday, most likely for eastern MA.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Increased wave heights from Hurricane Lee arrive today with 4-8 ft
<span-family:"Courier New"">seas, increasing to greater than 10-15 ft on the outer waters by
<span-family:"Courier New"">Friday. Saturday Hurricane Lee will continue to bring dangerous seas
<span-family:"Courier New"">and strong winds to the waters. Winds and seas continue to decrease
<span-family:"Courier New"">on Sunday.
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<span-family:"Courier New"">Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank
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<span-family:"Courier New"">..TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...
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<span-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A slight chance of
<span-family:"Courier New"">showers this morning.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt after
<span-family:"Courier New"">midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft after midnight.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.FRI...Tropical storm conditions possible. NE winds 15 to 20 kt,
<span-family:"Courier New"">becoming N 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 7 ft, building
<span-family:"Courier New"">to 6 to 8 ft in the afternoon.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.FRI NIGHT...Tropical storm conditions possible. N winds 25 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 9 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">14 ft after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight with
<span-family:"Courier New"">vsby 1 to 3 NM.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.SAT...Tropical storm conditions possible. N winds 25 to 35 kt,
<span-family:"Courier New"">becoming NW 30 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 50 kt. Seas
<span-family:"Courier New"">15 to 20 ft. Patchy fog. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.SAT NIGHT...Tropical storm conditions possible. NW winds 25 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft, subsiding to 7 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">10 ft after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening with
<span-family:"Courier New"">vsby 1 to 3 NM.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.SUN...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, diminishing to
<span-family:"Courier New"">10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">8 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.SUN NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.MON...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.MON NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas 2 to 3 ft..
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Boston, MA Tides<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> High Low Sun
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Date AM hgt PM hgt AM hgt PM hgt rise set
SEPTEMBER
14 Thu 11:48 9.4 11:59 9.9 5:36 0.7 5:46 1.0 6:21 6:57
15 Fri 12:22 9.6 6:10 0.6 6:24 0.8 6:22 6:56
16 Sat 12:36 9.9 12:56 9.7 6:45 0.6 7:02 0.6 6:23 6:54
17 Sun 1:13 9.8 1:29 9.9 7:20 0.7 7:40 0.6 6:24 6:52
18 Mon 1:50 9.6 2:04 9.9 7:56 0.8 8:20 0.6 6:25 6:50
19 Tue 2:29 9.3 2:41 9.9 8:33 1.1 9:01 0.6 6:26 6:49
20 Wed 3:10 9.0 3:21 9.9 9:13 1.3 9:47 0.8 6:28 6:47
21 Thu 3:56 8.7 4:07 9.9 9:58 1.5 10:39 0.9 6:29 6:45
22 Fri 4:48 8.5 5:01 9.8 10:51 1.7 11:37 1.0 6:30 6:43
23 Sat 5:47 8.3 6:01 9.9 11:50 1.8 6:31 6:41
24 Sun 6:50 8.4 7:05 10.0 12:38 0.9 12:52 1.7 6:32 6:40
25 Mon 7:55 8.7 8:11 10.3 1:41 0.6 1:56 1.3 6:33 6:38
26 Tue 8:57 9.3 9:14 10.7 2:42 0.2 3:00 0.8 6:34 6:36
27 Wed 9:54 10.0 10:13 11.1 3:40 -0.2 3:59 0.1 6:35 6:34
28 Thu 10:46 10.6 11:08 11.3 4:33 -0.6 4:55 -0.6 6:36 6:33
29 Fri 11:36 11.2 5:23 -0.9 5:48 -1.0 6:37 6:31
30 Sat 12:01 11.3 12:24 11.5 6:12 -0.9 6:39 -1.2 6:38 6:29
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Current Maximum Drafts at Oil Terminals
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Citgo Braintree 36-00 Fresh Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ExxonMobil Everett 38-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Chelsea 32-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Revere 32-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Gulf Chelsea 35-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Irving Revere 36-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sprague Deepwater 34-00 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sunoco East Boston 37-06 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TRT Quincy 29-00 Salt Water
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">McArdle Bridge Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The McArdle Bridge is operating on normal on
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Chelsea Street Bridge is operating on normal
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Fore River Bridge Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Fore River Bridge is operating on normal
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Army Corp of Engineers
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boston Harbor Pilot
Association, LLC
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NOAA
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National Data Buoy Center
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