[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 6/6/2011 5:11:44 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK JUNE 5-11...

THIS IS THE SECOND IN A DAILY SERIES OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUMMER 
BATHERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ROUTINELY ISSUE RIP CURRENT 
FORECASTS TWICE PER DAY. ONE IN THE EARLY MORNING FOR THAT DAY, AND 
THEN ANOTHER IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING, FOR THE NEXT DAY. 

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT FORMATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSIDERABLE 
ONSHORE COMPONENT OF WAVE ACTION THAT EVENTUALLY CAUSES A HIGHER THAN 
NORMAL INCIDENCE OF WATER ESCAPING SEAWARD IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT 
CHANNELS.  

THE HIGH RISK IMPLIES THAT WIND/AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS.  THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE 
LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. 

A HIGH RISK DAY WILL HAVE A HEADLINED BULLETED STATEMENT IN ADDITION 
TO THE RISK POSTED IN THE STANDARD DAILY SURF ZONE FORECAST.  A HIGH 
RISK HEADLINE WILL APPEAR IN THE ZONE FORECAST...HAZARDOUS WEATHER 
OUTLOOK AND AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION-WATCH WARNING ADVISORY SECTION.
 
ADDITIONALLY IT IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES 
FORECAST MAP IN LIGHT BLUE.   

EVEN IF THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR BUT TEND TO BE  
CONFINED TO PREFERRED REGIONS SUCH AS NEAR JETTIES OR IN CHANNELED 
TIDAL EXCHANGES. STAY AT LEAST 100 FEET AWAY FROM PIERS AND
JETTIES. PERMANENT RIP CURRENTS OFTEN EXIST NEAR THESE STRUCTURES.

SOME OF THE BEACHES POST FLAGS WHICH WILL INDICATE THE RIP CURRENT 
RISK FOR THE DAY AND/OR SAFER SWIMMING ZONES.

ALWAYS FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE LIFEGUARDS WHO CAN TELL YOU THE 
SAFEST PLACES TO SWIM.  

MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW...


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