What month is this?

[eneumeier]

Good grief:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

COASTAL FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

413 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2005

413 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2005

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

FOR EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS THIS COASTAL FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES NEWBURYPORT...

GLOUCESTER HARBOR...MARBLEHEAD...BOSTON HARBOR...SCITUATE...PLYMOUTH...

SANDWICH...PROVINCETOWN...CHATHAM OUTER HARBOR...NANTUCKET HARBOR.

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LATE MAY NOREASTER IN CONCERT WITH A FULL MOON WILL

BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

COASTLINE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. IN

RESPONSE TO THE HIGH WINDS SEAS WILL RAPIDLY BUILD TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET

OVER THE OPEN WATERS. HIGHS SEAS AND THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE

A 1 TO 2 FOOT STORM SURGE ON TOP OF A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY

MORNING. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM FOR EAST

COAST LOCATIONS.

AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR A MODERATE COASTAL FLOOD EVENT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF THE

POTENTIAL FOR A MODERATE COASTAL FLOOD EVENT INCREASES THE WATCH WILL BE

UPGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.

OF NOTE...DUE TO AN EXPECTED PROLONGED NORTHEAST WIND FLOW...MULTILPLE HIGH

TIDE CYCLES COULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE EAST

COAST DURING HIGH TIDE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THEN AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY

MORNING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOOD

EVENT.

&&

STORM TIDE FORECASTS FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE IN FEET MEAN LOWER LOW

WATER. TIME OF HIGH TIDE HAS BEEN ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HOUR.

SITE FLOOD TIME OF FORECAST

STAGE HIGH TIDE STORM TIDE

EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS

NEWBURYPORT 11.5 01 AM WED 10.6

GLOUCESTER HARBOR 11.5 01 AM WED 11.7

MARBLEHEAD 12.8 01 AM WED 12.2

BOSTON HARBOR 13.5 01 AM WED 13.1

SCITUATE 12.5 01 AM WED 11.9

PLYMOUTH 14.3 01 AM WED 12.8

SANDWICH 12.0 01 AM WED 12.2

PROVINCETOWN 12.0 01 AM WED 12.4

CHATHAM OUTER HARBOR 9.0 01 AM WED 9.5

NANTUCKET HARBOR 6.0 01 AM WED 5.5

How am I supposed to do a full moon paddle in this?

Liz N.