Winter Storm Warnings
February 9 2026
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to 25
kt and seas 4 to 6 feet. For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning,
heavy freezing spray at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater may
rapidly accumulate on vessels.
* WHERE...Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound and Massachusetts Bay
and Ipswich Bay.
* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 4 PM EST Monday.
For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, until 7 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Operating a vessel in heavy freezing spray is
hazardous. Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic
components inoperative. Rapid ice accretion on decks and
superstructures may result in a catastrophic loss of
stability. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
* WHAT...Heavy freezing spray at a rate of 2 cm per hour or
greater may rapidly accumulate on vessels.
* WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Vineyard Sound and
Buzzards Bay. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Rhode Island
Sound, Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Operating a vessel in heavy freezing spray is
hazardous. Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic
components inoperative. Rapid ice accretion on decks and
superstructures may result in a catastrophic loss of stability.
* WHAT...For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, heavy freezing
spray at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater may rapidly
accumulate on vessels. For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest
winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 7 feet.
* WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Coastal Waters
extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and
Nantucket. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Coastal Waters from
Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of
Block Island.
* WHEN...For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, until 7 AM EST
Monday. For the Small Craft Advisory, until 7 AM EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Operating a vessel in heavy freezing spray is
hazardous. Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic
components inoperative. Rapid ice accretion on decks and
superstructures may result in a catastrophic loss of
stability. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to 25
kt and seas 6 to 9 feet. For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning,
heavy freezing spray at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater may
rapidly accumulate on vessels.
* WHERE...Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Coastal waters from
Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm.
* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 7 AM EST Tuesday.
For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, until 7 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Operating a vessel in heavy freezing spray is
hazardous. Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic
components inoperative. Rapid ice accretion on decks and
superstructures may result in a catastrophic loss of
stability. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.