FZUS71 KBOX 271618 MWSBOX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1118 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ANZ232>236-255-256-272-273-271715- 1118 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH COASTAL WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND... AT 1115 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS...FROM NEAR NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND SOUTHWARD TO 40 NM SOUTH OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS. THIS LINE WILL IMPACT VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET SOUNDS AS WELL AS THE OPEN WATERS SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS THROUGH 1215 PM. BOATERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS...ROUGH WAVES...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4066 7153 4114 7128 4139 7148 4143 7147 4155 7074 4155 7053 4160 7031 4128 7006 4127 7008 4129 7018 4127 7019 4124 7006 4073 7033 4061 7150 $$ FIELD