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Small Craft Advisory 122, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 12, 2008

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this small craft advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 10:08 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2008, 10:08 PM EST (03:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2008, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 14, 2008, 4:10 AM EST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 12, 6:11 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 6:11 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 4:06 PM EST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
406 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
131200-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
406 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WARMER AIR WILL LIFT INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...AHEAD OF A
STORM SYSTEM HEADING FOR LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
MAINLY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO
RAIN SUNDAY. THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET OF THIS CHANGEOVER.

SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS DEALING WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR
POTENTIAL UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL BRING
PERSISTENT GALE FORCE GUSTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING TO THE
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. A SHARP COLD FRONT IS THEN
EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE REGION EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...RESULTING IN THE CONTINUATION OF GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS
ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...GALE
FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS MANY OF THE OTHER
NEARSHORE AND OPEN WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY ALL SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

MSB

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.