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Gale Warning 6, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this gale warning at Jan 18, 2012, 7:16 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 18, 2012, 7:16 AM EST (12:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WHUS73 KDTX 181216 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS BACK TO THE LAKE HURON BASIN. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 KNOTS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN VEER TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF LAKE HURON FOR THE PERIOD MENTIONED. FOR THIS MORNING...WAVES WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE FOR OUTER SAGINAW BAY DOWN TO PORT HURON SO THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR THOSE AREAS. LHZ421-182200- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120118T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T1200Z-120119T2100Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 36 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 16 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 24 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 8 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 11 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ361-362-182200- /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120120T0000Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 34 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 8 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ363-462>464-182200- /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120119T2100Z/ 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- 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 8 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ422-182200- /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T1200Z-120119T2100Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-181700- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120118T1700Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 716 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 20 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 26 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 10 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 14 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
508 WHUS73 KDTX 181500 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS BACK TO THE LAKE HURON BASIN. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 KNOTS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...AND THEN VEER TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. GALES WILL PERSIST THE LONGEST OVER NORTHERN LAKE HURON...BUT EASE GRADUALLY FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. LHZ441>443-190300- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120118T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0600Z-120119T1500Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 36 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ421-190300- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120118T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0600Z-120119T1500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 31 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 37 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 8 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 11 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ422-190300- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0600Z-120119T1500Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 29 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 6 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 8 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ361-362-190300- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120120T0000Z/ 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- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 42 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 22 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 2 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ363-462>464-190300- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 1000 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 34 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 22 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ DG
983 WHUS73 KDTX 182030 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 330 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS BACK TO THE LAKE HURON BASIN. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 KNOTS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...AND THEN VEER TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. GALES WILL PERSIST THE LONGEST OVER NORTHERN LAKE HURON...BUT EASE GRADUALLY FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. FURTHER SOUTH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AS SOUTH WINDS GUST TO NEAR 30 KNOTS AND BRING BUILDING WAVE OVERNIGHT. LHZ361-362-190830- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120120T0000Z/ 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- 330 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 42 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 22 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 2 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ363-462>464-190830- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0300Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 330 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 34 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ421-422-441>443-190830- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0600Z-120119T1500Z/ 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- 330 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 31 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 36 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-190830- /O.NEW.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.120119T0600Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 330 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DG
809 WHUS73 KDTX 190328 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1028 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING GALES TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .GALE WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALES WILL DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHT OVER THE OPEN WATERS AND THEN THEN EXPAND TO INCLUDE MUCH OF LAKE HURON LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE AREAL EXTENT OF THE GALES WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SHRINK THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS VEER TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WITH TIME AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE AREA. SO...BY EVENING...GALES WILL BE MAINLY LIMITED TO NORTHERN LAKE HURON. LHZ361-362-191530- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120120T0300Z/ 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- 1028 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 42 KNOTS...TURNING WEST DURING THURSDAY MORNING. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 22 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 2 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ421-422-441>443-191530- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0006.120119T0600Z-120119T2100Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 1028 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 31 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 37 KNOTS...TURNING WEST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 8 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ363-462>464-191530- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ 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- 1028 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 34 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS...TURNING WEST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-191530- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.120119T0600Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 1028 PM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS..TURNING WEST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ BT
174 WHUS73 KDTX 191445 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF LAKE HURON TODAY... .GALES WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON WITH AS SOUTHWEST WINDS VEER TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. GALE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THESE LOCATIONS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR OTHER MARINE WATERS WHERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 KNOTS OR SO. LHZ421-441>443-200245- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ 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- 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 26 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ422-191545- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. $$ LHZ361-362-200245- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120120T0300Z/ 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- 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ LHZ363-462>464-192100- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 39 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-192100- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 945 AM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 21 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 28 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ DG
073 WHUS73 KDTX 192055 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 355 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WESTERLY GALES TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN LAKE HURON... .GALES WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN LAKE HURON INTO THIS EVENING WITH WINDS FURTHER SOUTH GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. EVEN WITH A DECREASE IN WINDS...WAVES WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TONIGHT...SO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON AS WELL. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE MARKEDLY FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. LHZ363-462>464-192200- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 355 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...MOST GUSTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 KNOTS OR LESS. $$ LCZ460-LEZ444-192200- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120119T2100Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 355 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KNOTS WILL DECREASE FURTHER DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. $$ LHZ361-362-200300- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120120T0300Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 355 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 31 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 43 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 11 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 16 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ421-441>443-200900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ 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- 355 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 6 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 8 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ DG
593 WHUS73 KDTX 200312 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1012 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...HIGH WAVES LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON... .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHERN LAKE HURON OVERNIGHT AS WAVES WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE. AFTER THAT...THE OVERALL TREND WILL BE TOWARD A CALMER PERIOD HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE A SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL TRACK QUICKLY FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND BRING SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN SUBDUED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM...SNOWFALL WILL BE WIDESPREAD...PARTICULARLY FROM FAR SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TO LAKE ERIE. LHZ361-362-200415- /O.EXP.KDTX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120120T0300Z/ LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 1012 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ LHZ421-441>443-201200- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ 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- 1012 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 18 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 23 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 6 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 8 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 12 AM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. 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. && $$ BT
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 Jan 18, 6:24 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 6:24 AM EST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
624 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012
.AVIATION...
//DISCUSSION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS HIGH WILL USHER IN A DRY AIRMASS
AND BACK WINDS TO WESTERLY THIS MORNING AND SOUTHWESTERLY BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND...CURRENTLY STILL GUSTING TO NEAR 20
KNOTS...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH
DRAWS NEARER. THE DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL SCOUR OUT THE CLOUDS
TODAY LEAVING SOME SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN STRATOCU FOR A FEW
HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN FILLING BACK IN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES.
//DTW THRESHOLD THREATS...
* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE CEILINGS WILL FALL BELOW 5000 FT AROUND 14Z
THURSDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 420 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012
SHORT TERM...TODAY
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY. YESTERDAYS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED
WELL OFF TO THE EAST WHICH IS ALLOWING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE
TO RELAX AND THE WINDS TO START DECREASING. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS BACK TO WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
SOUTHWESTERLY THIS EVENING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HIGH. MODEL
SOUNDINGS SHOW A VERY DRY AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL HELP
SCATTER OUT MUCH OF THE CLOUD COVER WHICH WILL LEAD TO PARTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THE ARCTIC AIR HAS SURGED WELL INTO
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHICH MEANS EVEN WITH WINDS TURNING TO
THE SOUTHWEST, WE WILL SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WAA. MOST MODELS
HAVE 850MB TEMPS ONLY REACHING -10 TO -13 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IN
COMBINATION WITH SOME PEAKS OF SUNSHINE SHOULD YIELD HIGHS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 20S.
LONG TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
FOCUS IN THE EXTENDED CENTERS AROUND TWO STORM SYSTEMS THAT WILL
BRING CHANCES FOR SNOW TO THE AREA BEFORE THE START OF THE WEEKEND.
THE FIRST WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SECOND SHOULD SPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND NOW LOOKS MORE LIKELY TO
BRING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA.
UPPER WAVE NOW SEEN ON WATER VAPOR DIVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WILL ZIP INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS WILL
PUSH AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND SWEEP A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH VERY EARLY AFTERNOON. STACKED
DYNAMICS FROM THE FRONT...PVA FROM THE MID-LEVEL WAVE...AND LEFT
EXIT REGION FORCING COMBINED WITH GOOD INSTABILITY FROM THE SURFACE
UP THROUGH 400 MB WILL BRING A HEALTHY AMOUNT LIFT.
HOWEVER...FORWARD SPEED AND LIMITED MOISTURE SHOULD LIMIT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR LESS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME QUITE COLD BEHIND THE FRONT ON
THURSDAY...WHILE WINDS KICK UP AND MAKE WIND CHILLS FEEL EVEN
COLDER. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE REACHED DURING THE MORNING
HOURS...WITH TEMPERATURES THEN FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW SHOWERS
WILL ALSO CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT AS LAKE EFFECT KICKS UP FROM OFF
LAKE MICHIGAN. THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY THROUGH 850MB AND FAVORABLE
WIND DIRECTION/SPEED SHOULD ALLOW BANDS TO CARRY INTO EASTERN
MICHIGAN. STILL UNSURE AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATION WE WILL SEE AS
THEY COULD PROVIDE ANYTHING FROM WIDESPREAD FLURRIES TO A FEW TENTHS
OF SNOW IN A FEW LOCATIONS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER
THE AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT PROVIDING CALM CONDITIONS AND VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES. ACTUAL LOWS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO 10-11 NEAR THE CITY OF
DETROIT. KEPT A FLURRY MENTION OVERNIGHT AS WELL AS ANY LINGERING
BANDS OFF THE LAKES WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE A FEW SNOW
FLAKES...ESPECIALLY AS THE ICE GROWTH REGION DROPS TO THE GROUND.
MODELS HAVE COME INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNOPTIC SET-UP
FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...INCREASING FORECAST CONFIDENCE. UPPER
ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO DIVE DOWN FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA INTO THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL SEND AN
AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS KENTUCKY OR SOUTHERN OHIO
FRIDAY NIGHT...PER LATEST NAM/GFS/EURO/UK/GEM. STILL SOME TIME FOR
MODEL ADJUSTMENTS HOWEVER AS THIS SYSTEM IS STILL A FEW DAYS OUT AND
THE UPPER ENERGY IS STILL NOT YET ONSHORE AND BEING SAMPLED BY
UPPER-AIR NETWORK. AS THE SYSTEM MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
COUNTRY...MOISTURE FROM OFF THE PACIFIC WILL STREAM INLAND AND RIDE
ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS EAST TOWARDS KY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE WILL
BE PUSHED NORTHWARD INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. MODELS ARE KICKING OUT
QUITE A BIT OF QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE AFTER
LOOKING AT MODEL CROSS-SECTIONS. SYNOPTIC LIFT INCLUDES THE WARM
FRONT...DEEP FGEN...AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION FORCING. THERMAL
PROFILE IS VERY FAVORABLE...WITH A DEEP DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE
STRETCHING FROM JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE UP THROUGH 500 MB PER 00Z GFS
CROSS SECTIONS. THIS WOULD LEAD TO EFFICIENT SNOW PRODUCTION IF IT
PANS OUT....AS IT ALSO COINCIDES WITH A DEEP AND FAIRLY STRONG
VERTICAL LAYER OF LIFT. LAYER OF LOW/MID LEVEL FGEN IS ALSO
POSITIONED JUST WITHIN AND BELOW THE BEST INSTABILITY AS
WELL...ALLOWING FGEN TO BE REALIZED. MOISTURE IS NOT OVERLY
IMPRESSIVE...BUT THERE IS A FAIRLY DEEP LAYER WHERE SPECIFIC
HUMIDITIES ARE AT 2 G/KG...AND IT DOES COINCIDE WITH THE STRONGEST
AREA OF LIFT...SO MOISTURE QUALITY MAY OVERCOME LACK OF STRONG
MOISTURE ADVECTION. FOR NOW...MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR SNOW TO
SPREAD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ARE FOR A GENERAL 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. HIGHEST TOTALS RIGHT NOW
LOOK TO BE SOUTH OF M-59...BUT FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN THE LOW TRACK
(WHICH ARE VERY POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW) COULD SHIFT THE SWATH OF SNOW TO
THE NORTH OR SOUTH (DID NOT THEREFORE GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS YET).
ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON NAM SOLUTION...AS THE 06Z RUN HAS BROUGHT
FREEZING RAIN UP TOWARDS THE TOLEDO AREA BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS COMPARATIVELY QUIET WITH
GFS/EURO EVEN BACKING OFF ON THE STRENGTH OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
MARINE...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER LAKE HURON THROUGH THIS
MORNING AS COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO REGION.
THEREFORE...THE GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OPEN WATERS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. OBSERVATIONS OVER NEARSHORE AREAS HAVE
DECREASED ENOUGH TO WARRANT CANCELING THE GALE WARNING FOR THOSE
AREAS. WAVES WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE FOR OUTER SAGINAW BAY DOWN TO PORT
HURON SO HAVE ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THOSE AREAS. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GREAT LAKES TODAY ALLOWING WINDS TO
RELAX SOME BEFORE THE NEXT DISTURBANCE APPROACHES TONIGHT. THE NEXT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH THIS
SYSTEM.
&&
.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LAKE HURON...
GALE WARNING...LHZ361-LHZ362-LHZ363-LHZ462-LHZ463-LHZ464...UNTIL 7
AM WEDNESDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT
HURON...UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OUTER SAGINAW BAY...UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY.
LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE.
MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE.
&&
AVIATION.....DRK
SHORT TERM...DRK
LONG TERM....HLO
MARINE.......DRK
YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:42 AM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 442 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-191000- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 442 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-69. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH KENTUCKY AND OHIO MAY BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-422-462>464-191000- 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- INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT 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- 442 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MOST OF LAKE HURON TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER LAKE ST CLAIR AND LAKE ERIE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MOST OF LAKE HURON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LHZ421-441>443-191000- 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- 442 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT INTO THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST OR MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. A GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MOST OF LAKE HURON TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:46 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:30 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 36 hr |
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