Alert archive / Michigan / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this gale warning at Apr 2, 2009, 4:35 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 3:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WHUS73 KDTX 022035 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 435 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS TONIGHT. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-030845- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.090403T0300Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KDTX.GL.A.0010.090403T2000Z-090404T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 435 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES BY SUNRISE FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WHILE TURNING TOWARD THE NORTH. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-030845- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.090403T0300Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KDTX.GL.A.0010.090403T2000Z-090404T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 435 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES BY SUNRISE FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WHILE TURNING TOWARD THE NORTH. GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ362-363-462>464-030845- /O.UPG.KDTX.GL.A.0010.090403T2000Z-090404T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 435 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES BY SUNRISE FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WHILE TURNING TOWARD THE NORTH. GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE EASING BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361-030845- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.A.0010.090404T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- 435 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST GALES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY GENERATE WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO IF THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALES NORTH OF PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ BT
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529 WHUS73 KDTX 030313 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1113 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS TONIGHT. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. && LHZ361-031515- /O.EXA.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDTX.GL.A.0010.090404T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- 1113 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT BEFORE BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 KNOT GALES THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-031515- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 1113 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL FURTHER INCREASE AS THEY BACK TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-031515- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 1113 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL THEN BACK TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ362-363-462>464-031515- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 1113 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT BEFORE BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
980 WHUS73 KDTX 030929 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 529 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES STARTING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-032130- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 529 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL FURTHER INCREASE AS THEY BACK TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-032130- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 529 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL THEN BACK TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-032130- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 529 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT BEFORE BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
620 WHUS73 KDTX 031142 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 742 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES STARTING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-032345- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 742 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-032345- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 742 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-032345- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 742 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
292 WHUS73 KDTX 031150 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 750 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES STARTING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-040000- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 750 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-040000- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0322.000000T0000Z-090403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 750 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-040000- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.090403T1200Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 750 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
543 WHUS73 KDTX 032010 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 410 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE LAKES STARTING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. && LHZ361>363-462>464-040830- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 410 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-040830- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 410 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-040200- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T0200Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 410 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
329 WHUS73 KDTX 040144 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 944 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL TRANSLATE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-040400- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T0400Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 944 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-041000- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 944 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-041000- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 944 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
143 WHUS73 KDTX 040402 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1202 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL TRANSLATE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY. && LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-041615- /O.EXP.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.090404T0402Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 1202 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS GALES POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW 25 KNOTS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-041615- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 1202 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-041200- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 1202 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS GALES POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
094 WHUS73 KDTX 040808 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 408 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TODAY. WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING LIGHTER WINDS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. && LHZ441>443-042015- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090404T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 408 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TO GUST TO 30 KNOTS WITH WAVES UP TO 11 FEET. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW 25 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE DIMINISHING WINDS...WAVES UP TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361>363-462>464-042015- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 408 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES AT TIMES TODAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ421-042015- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 408 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW 25 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE DIMINISHING WINDS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE TIP OF THE THUMB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ422-042015- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 408 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW 25 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
420 WHUS73 KDTX 041953 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 353 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT... .WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...BRINGING LIGHTER WINDS INTO THE AREA. && LHZ361>363-462>464-042100- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 353 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. WINDS HAVE RELAXED TO 30 KNOTS OR LESS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ422-042100- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 353 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE RELAXED TO 20 KNOTS OR LESS AND WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN AT 2 FEET OR LESS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LHZ421-441>443-050800- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0323.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 353 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TO GUST TO 25 KNOTS WITH WAVES OF AROUND 9 FEET THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY OVERNIGHT WITH RESIDUAL HIGH WAVE HEIGHTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Apr 2, 4:23 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 4:23 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
423 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT
STRONG MOISTURE SURGE/TRANSPORT (PW VALUES RISING ABOVE 1
INCH/SPECIFIC HUMIDITY VALUES OF 6-8 G/KG) COUPLED WITH GOOD LIFT
(UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE)/ISENTROPIC ASCENT (295 K) WILL RESULT IN
RAIN DEVELOPING THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THIS...DESPITE
THE RELATIVELY DRY LOW LEVELS (SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE LOW/MID
30S)...WHICH ALLOWED SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO
MID 60S WITH OCCASIONAL/FILTERED SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.
EXCELLENT 925-850 MB FGEN ZONE SITUATED OVER THE CWA TONIGHT IS
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH HALF AN INCH TO ONE INCH
STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS...AS SHOWALTER INDEX STILL SEEN FALLING TO ZERO
ALONG/SOUTH OF M-59. EVAPORATIVE COOLING IN THE LOW LEVELS LOOKS
SUPPORTIVE OF INHERITED MINS (LOW TO MID 40S).
&&
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY
AN ACTIVE PATTERN OF WEATHER REMAINS ON TRACK THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A SHORT BREAK DURING SATURDAY WILL BE BOOKENDED BY WIDESPREAD
RAIN SHOWERS WITH A HARSH WIND FRIDAY AND ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE LATTER STILL HAS SOME POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY IN A LONG DURATION
PRECIPITATION EVENT.
SHOWERS WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD OVER SE MICHIGAN FRIDAY MORNING WITH
SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND A RUMBLE OF THUNDER POSSIBLE. RADAR
AND SATELLITE IMAGERY TODAY SUPPORT MODEL DEPICTIONS OF A DYNAMIC,
MOISTURE LADEN SYSTEM MOVING THE REST OF THE WAY THROUGH SE
MICHIGAN. A TEXTBOOK COMBINATION OF RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION UPPER JET
SUPPORT WILL TRANSITION TO STRONG OCCLUSION DYNAMICS DURING FRIDAY
MORNING, BOTH OF WHICH WILL SUPPORT STRONG LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS
AROUND THE 850 MB LAYER. ALL OF THIS FORCING WILL OCCUR WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY THAT WILL RESULT IN A
WIDESPREAD PATTERN OF SHOWERS. THE BEST CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE 925 TO 850 MB FRONTAL ZONE, OR OVER
ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF OUR AREA. THIS IS WHERE DEWPOINT WILL BE
IN THE 5 TO 10C RANGE. LIFTED INDEX IS MARGINAL BUT CROSS SECTIONS
OF THETA-E DO SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER ALTHOUGH MODEST AND
WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE A HAZARD, THE GRADIENT WIND IN
ITSELF WILL BE NEARLY SO. EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO GUST AROUND 40 MPH
DURING SATURDAY, FIRST IN THE TRI CITIES AND NORTHERN THUMB DURING
THE MORNING, AND THEN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE
LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN SLIGHTLY AS IT APPROACHES THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY AND FGEN AHEAD OF THE WAVE WILL SHARPEN THE GRADIENT IN
THE TROUGH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
PURELY ON THE GRADIENT WIND FORCING IN THE MIXED LAYER ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION. MODEL DATA DOES NOT INDICATE A STRONG ISALLOBARIC
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WIND FIELD NOR IS THEIR A STRONG COMPONENT OF
DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT. THE LACK OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL
LIKELY KEEP GUSTS BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA.
AS THE WINDS TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE WILL
KEEP A MODEST MENTION OF SNOW IN THE FORECAST AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER, THE 12Z MODEL TRENDS KEEP THE BOUNDARY
LAYER TOO WARM FOR MORE THAN A MIX. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WILL TAKE
UNTIL WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR ENOUGH COLD AIR TO ARRIVE, AND
THEN IT HAS TO OVERCOME EARLY APRIL DAYTIME HEATING POTENTIAL AND
THE DIMINISHING TREND IN THE OVERALL PRECIPITATION PATTERN.
SPEAKING OF SNOW, AFTER A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTION ON SATURDAY, THE
NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
SYSTEM WILL HAVE A GREATER AMOUNT OF COLD AIR TO WORK WITH THAT WAS
LEFT BEHIND BY THE FRIDAY SYSTEM. DESPITE THIS, TRENDS IN THE 12Z
MODEL RUNS ARE SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND FARTHER WEST. THIS IN TURN LEADS
TO A WARMER BOUNDARY LAYER OVER SE MICHIGAN IN ALL MODELS EXCEPT THE
GFS AND ECMWF BY SUNDAY EVENING. THESE TWO MODELS ARE STILL COLD
ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW TO OCCUR DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THE LOW TRACKS NEARBY TO OUR SOUTH
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. OF COURSE THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
CRUCIAL TO DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ANY
RAIN/SNOW LINE IN OUR AREA. FOR NOW, DECIDED TO HOLD THE LINE ON OUR
GOING FORECAST WITH ONLY MINOR ONSET TIMING ADJUSTMENTS DURING
SUNDAY. WE WILL, HOWEVER, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A CONTINUED TREND
TOWARD A WARMER SOLUTION IN LATER MODEL RUNS. THIS WOULD BE DUE TO
SHORT WAVELENGTH PHASING OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY FROM CENTRAL CANADA
WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT COULD RESULT IN A DEEPER AND FARTHER WEST
ADJUSTMENT IN TRACK WITH LATER FORECASTS.
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO A LARGE CLOSED UPPER LOW
OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY ON TUESDAY. THE GLOBAL MODELS
ARE ALL LOCKED IN ON THIS SOLUTION WHICH WILL MAINTAIN COLD AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER IN SE MICHIGAN. DEEP LAYER COLD AIR AND CYCLONIC
FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH EARLY APRIL DAYTIME HEATING POTENTIAL TO
GENERATE A PATTERN OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE THEN SURPRISINGLY PROGRESSIVE WITH THE
SYSTEM BY WEDNESDAY CONSIDERING THE HIGH AMPLITUDE, NEARLY BLOCKED
NATURE OF THE LONG WAVE PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA. THAT BEING THE
CASE, PREFER TO KEEP A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
FORECAST WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, JUST NOT AS COLD COMPARED
TO TUESDAY, FOLLOWED BY A DRY THURSDAY WITH A MODEST TEMPERATURE
REBOUND.
&&
.MARINE...
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. EXPECT WINDS
TO INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH TO
NORTHWEST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT GUSTS
WILL FREQUENTLY EXCEED GALE FORCE BY FRIDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH
40 KNOTS AT TIMES OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 106 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009
AVIATION...
MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND LOWER THIS AFTERNOON
WITH RAIN DEVELOPING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IFR CONDITIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH
A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM FROM PONTIAC SOUTHWARD. RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOMORROW WITH CEILINGS CLIMBING INTO THE MVFR
CATEGORY DURING THE MORNING...AND INTO VFR CATEGORY LATE IN THE
DAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS
THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA
TOMORROW MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS (20 TO 35 KNOTS) WILL
FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG LOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
&&
.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LAKE HURON...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT
HURON INCLUDING SAGINAW BAY...FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 8 AM
FRIDAY.
GALE WARNING...SAGINAW BAY...FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM FRIDAY.
GALE WARNING...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT
HURON...FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY.
GALE WARNING...LHZ362-LHZ363-LHZ462-LHZ463-LHZ464...FROM 8 AM
FRIDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.
GALE WATCH...LHZ361...FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.
LAKE ST CLAIR...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 8 AM FRIDAY.
GALE WARNING...FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM FRIDAY.
MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...
GALE WARNING...FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM FRIDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 8 AM FRIDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...SF
LONG TERM....BT
MARINE.......SF/BT
AVIATION.....SF
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 447 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-030900- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- 447 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING HOW HIGH WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH BEHIND THIS FRONT...HOWEVER THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO EXCEED 40 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS WEEKEND...AND TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. A SEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS IS FORECASTED TO WRAP INTO THE NORTH END OF THIS SYSTEM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND NORTHERN THUMB. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-030900- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 447 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING HOW HIGH WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH BEHIND THIS FRONT...HOWEVER THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO EXCEED 40 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS WEEKEND...AND TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. A SEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS IS FORECASTED TO WRAP INTO THE NORTH END OF THIS SYSTEM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND NORTHERN THUMB. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-030900- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 447 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL NEARSHORE WATERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST /GLFSC AND NSHDTX/ OR MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER LAKE ST CLAIR AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL FURTHER INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THEY FLIP TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING HOW HIGH WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH BEHIND THIS FRONT. THEREFORE...A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OPEN AND NEARSHORE WATERS. STRONG WINDS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HLO YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
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Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 9:37 PM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 26 hr | |
| Apr 2, 4:34 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 27 hr |
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