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...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 610 AM EDT FRI SEP 5 2003
... LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE FABIAN ARE BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS...
HURRICANE FABIAN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN WELL OUT TO SEA THIS WEEKEND... PASSING WELL EAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST SATURDAY. HOWEVER... THE STORM WILL BRING LARGE SOUTHEAST SWELLS TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND... ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH COAST AND THE ISLANDS. SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD SHARPLY LATE TODAY AND THEN PEAK SATURDAY TO BETWEEN 6 TO 10 FEET. LARGE SWELLS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AND THEN SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE SWELLS WILL LIKELY YIELD LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT SOUTH AND EAST FACING BEACHES... AND THEY MAY ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THIS INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DANGER ALONG THE COASTLINE STARTING LATER TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND....
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