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Small Craft Advisory 113, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this small craft advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 3:38 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969 WHUS73 KDTX 250838 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 338 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...INCREASING WAVES IN PROLONGED NORTHEAST WINDS... .10 TO 15 KNOT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL EXIST ACROSS ALL MARINE AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS QUICKLY INCREASE FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION...A PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW WILL SUPPORT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ELEVATED WAVE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS AND INTO SAGINAW BAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES NOW IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE INITIAL MODEST CLIMB IN WAVE HEIGHTS ALONG THE TIP OF THE THUMB...WITH AN EXPANSION IN THE ADVISORY LIKELY NECESSARY TO INCLUDE ALL MARINE AREAS BY WEDNESDAY. A LOW POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR PEAK GUSTS TO REACH LOW END GALES ACROSS THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LAKE HURON. LHZ421-441-442-252130- /O.NEW.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121225T0838Z-121228T1500Z/ 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- 338 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 12 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
729 WHUS73 KDTX 252050 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...INCREASING WAVE HEIGHTS DUE TO PROLONGED NORTHEAST FLOW... .WINDS AND WAVES WILL INCREASE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS CURRENTLY N/NW WILL BACK TO THE NE AND INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH 30 KNOT GUSTS OVER LAKE HURON. THIS HAS ALREADY INCREASED WAVES ALONG PART OF THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS AND WILL ENCOMPASS ALL NEARSHORE ZONES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...CLOSER TO THE LOW...LAKE ERIE WILL SEE A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A FAVORABLE FETCH WHICH WILL ALLOW GUSTS TO REACH GALE FORCE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. EVEN AFTER THE GALE FORCE GUSTS SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WAVES WILL STAY ELEVATED LIKELY REQUIRING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT SOUTHERN LAKE HURON AND POINTS SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LEZ444-260930- /O.NEW.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1500Z-121227T0300Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 28 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST 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 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 1 PM 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. && $$ LHZ422-260930- /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T0900Z-121227T2100Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 29 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 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 PM 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. && $$ LHZ443-260930- /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T0900Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 22 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 26 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 8 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 11 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-260930- /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T1500Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 21 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 27 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 4 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 5 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ LHZ421-441-442-260930- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
630 WHUS73 KDTX 260230 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .WINDS AND WAVES WILL INCREASE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS CURRENTLY N/NW WILL BACK TO THE NE AND INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH 30 KNOT GUSTS OVER LAKE HURON. THIS HAS ALREADY INCREASED WAVES ALONG PART OF THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS AND WILL ENCOMPASS ALL NEARSHORE ZONES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...CLOSER TO THE LOW...LAKE ERIE WILL SEE A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A FAVORABLE FETCH WHICH WILL ALLOW GUSTS TO REACH GALE FORCE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. EVEN AFTER THE GALE FORCE GUSTS SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WAVES WILL STAY ELEVATED LIKELY REQUIRING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT SOUTHERN LAKE HURON AND POINTS SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LEZ444-261430- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1500Z-121227T0300Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 28 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST 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 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ LHZ422-261430- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T0400Z-121227T2100Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 29 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 6 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 8 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ443-261430- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T0400Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 22 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 26 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 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 5 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. && $$ LHZ421-441-442-261430- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-261430- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T1500Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 930 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 21 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 27 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 4 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 5 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$
599 WHUS73 KDTX 260849 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING WILL REACH THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER ONTARIO...LEADING TO A TIGHT EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TODAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH TONIGHT. WITH A LONG FETCH AND SOME CHANNELING...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A GALE WARNING FOR SAGINAW BAY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH THE GALE WARNING CONTINUING FOR WESTERN LAKE ERIE AS WELL. OTHERWISE...HIGHER WAVES LOOK TO BE PERSISTING OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE NORTHERLY WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING..TAPERING OFF TO MORE CONCENTRATED LAKE BANDS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON THURSDAY MORNING. LHZ422-262100- /O.UPG.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1600Z-121227T0500Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 34 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 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 7 PM 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. && $$ LHZ421-262100- /O.UPG.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1600Z-121227T0500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM 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. && $$ LEZ444-262100- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1500Z-121227T0300Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 37 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 7 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-262100- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121226T0849Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 23 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST 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 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ LHZ441-442-262100- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 10 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 14 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ443-262100- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 349 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 29 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 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. && $$
570 WHUS73 KDTX 261454 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS AND LARGE WAVES TODAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING KENTUCKY THIS MORNING WILL REACH THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER ONTARIO...LEADING TO A TIGHT EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TODAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH TONIGHT. WITH A LONG FETCH AND SOME CHANNELING...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SAGINAW BAY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE AS WELL. OTHERWISE...HIGHER WAVES LOOK TO BE PERSISTING OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON THROUGH TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE NORTHERLY WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING..TAPERING OFF TO MORE CONCENTRATED LAKE BANDS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON THURSDAY MORNING. LHZ421-422-270300- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1500Z-121227T0500Z/ 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- 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM 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. && $$ LEZ444-270300- /O.CON.KDTX.GL.W.0035.121226T1500Z-121227T0300Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 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 NORTHEAST 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 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 3 PM 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. && $$ LHZ441-442-270300- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 11 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 16 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ443-270300- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 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. && $$ LCZ460-270300- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 954 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HLO
769 WHUS73 KDTX 262123 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN KENTUCKY WILL REACH THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA TONIGHT WHILE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER ONTARIO. THIS WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED STRONG NORTHEAST WIND TONIGHT. A LONG FETCH AND SOME CHANNELING WILL SUPPORT GALE FORCE WINDS OVER SAGINAW BAY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE WILL GRADUALLY EASE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...HIGHER WAVES WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE NORTHERLY WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO MORE CONCENTRATED LAKE BANDS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON THURSDAY MORNING. LEZ444-270900- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST 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 AND WAVES WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING. 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. && $$ LHZ421-422-270900- /O.EXT.KDTX.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 11 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 16 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441-442-271030- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 11 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 16 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM 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. && $$ LHZ443-271030- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LCZ460-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 423 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. 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
099 WHUS73 KDTX 270247 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE, BUT HAVE DROPPED BELOW GALE FORCE... .SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED AS OBSERVATIONS SHOW PEAK WINDS AT 32-33KTS AT 9PM AND FALLING. WINDS WILL REMAIN UP NEAR 25-30KT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SLOWLY RELAXES. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE CORRESPONDINGLY HIGH...NEAR 10 FEET IN THE OPEN WATERS AND ALSO WITHIN 10 MILES OF PORT AUSTIN AND PORT HURON. AFTER A WEAK ROUND OF HIGH PRESSURE ON THURSDAY, THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG. MARINE CONDITIONS ARE THEN LIKELY TO BE MOSTLY FAVORABLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LEZ444-LHZ422-271500- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121227T0300Z-121227T1500Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 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 WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ LHZ421-271500- /O.CAN.KDTX.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.121227T0300Z-121228T1200Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 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 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 34 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 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ LHZ441-442-271500- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ443-271500- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 26 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 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. && $$ LCZ460-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 947 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 22 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 27 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 4 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 5 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ MM
006 WHUS73 KDTX 270825 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 325 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGHER WAVES PERSIST TODAY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS IN PLACE THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY EASE WITH TIME THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY. HOWEVER THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER WAVE CONDITIONS ALONG THE NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CALMER MARINE CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY. A MODEST INCREASE IN WINDS MAY OCCUR THIS WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING BY TO THE SOUTH. LCZ460-270930- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T0900Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- 325 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. $$ LEZ444-270930- /O.CAN.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T1500Z/ MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 325 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. $$ LHZ422-271500- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T1500Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 325 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... 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 26 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 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 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 3 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. && $$ LHZ421-441>443-272130- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 325 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 28 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 3 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
162 WHUS73 KDTX 271450 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 950 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGHER WAVES PERSIST TODAY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY EASE WITH TIME THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER WAVE CONDITIONS ALONG THE NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CALMER MARINE CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY. A MODEST INCREASE IN WINDS MAY OCCUR THIS WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING BY TO THE SOUTH. LHZ422-271600- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121227T1500Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 950 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. $$ LHZ421-441>443-280300- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0113.000000T0000Z-121228T1200Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 950 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 23 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 27 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 9 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 13 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST THURSDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 24, 11:43 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 11:43 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1143 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 .AVIATION... //DISCUSSION... SNOW AND LOW STRATUS HAVE PULLED OUT FOR THE MOST PART OVER THE TAF SITES. ALTHOUGH THERE IS ADDITIONAL STRATUS UPSTREAM...OBSERVATIONS DO NOT SHOW THIS STRATUS MAKING A BEELINE FOR THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. AT THIS POINT WILL KEEP CIGS VFR WITH A TEMPO GROUP EARLY ON FOR LINGERING STRATUS. THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS UPSTREAM...HOWEVER WITH A CONTINUED FEED OF MOISTURE OFF THE GREAT LAKES THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO CLEAR THE CLOUDS OUT AT THIS POINT. A PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TUESDAY AS DAYTIME SNOW SHOWERS STAY TO THE EAST OF THE TAF SITES WITH MOISTURE COMING IN OFF LAKE HURON. //DTW THRESHOLD THREATS... * MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN CEILINGS BELOW 5000 FT THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 947 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 UPDATE... SNOW IS QUICKLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AS THE LAST OF THE SNOW SHOWERS IS FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN THUMB AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. WHILE MANY LOCATIONS SAW THE ADVERTISED 0.5 TO 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL...SEVERAL LOCATIONS GOT CLOSER TO 2 INCHES IN A SWATH FROM LIVINGSTON TO MACOMB COUNTY. THESE AREAS WERE IN AN AREA OF ENHANCED CONVECTION EMBEDDED IN THE MAIN SNOW BANDS WHICH PROVIDED A QUICK BURST OF SNOWFALL AND WITH IT SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS IN THIS CORRIDOR. THE REST OF THE NIGHT LOOKS TO BE QUIET WITH ONLY A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES AS THE FORCING TRACKS EAST OF THE AREA. THIS RECENT ROUND OF SNOW SHOULD OFFICIALLY BRING A WHITE CHRISTMAS TO MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TOMORROW WITH THE OFFICIAL YARDSTICK FOR THIS BEING AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT 7 AM. PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 337 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT UPSTREAM LIGHT SNOW AND VIRGA HAVE BEEN STEADILY PUSHING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE COMPACT MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE ROTATING ACROSS THE LOWER PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW, A PERIOD OF VIRGA HAS PRECEDED A RATHER BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT TERM MODEL DATA INDICATE THAT THE ONGOING SNOWFALL/VIRGA IS STRONGLY TIED TO TWO SEPARATE FEATURES. THE FIRST, AND PRIMARY TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, IS THE BROAD CORRIDOR OF ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH DCVA PRECEDING THE WAVE ITSELF. THE SECOND, MAINLY AFFECTING LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE BORDER...PERHAPS AS FAR NORTH AS THE I-94 CORRIDOR...IS A DEEP FRONTOLYTIC CIRCULATION LEADING THE NOSE OF THE ASSOCIATED 80-KT JET STREAK. THIS REGION OF FORCED COLD ASCENT HAS ALSO DRAWN UPON A POCKET OF WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE A STRONGER CONVECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE SOUTH AND OCCASIONAL ECHOES OF 40DBZ OVER NORTHERN IN. THE NORTHWARD MIGRATION OF THE ELEVATED FRONTAL ZONE/THETA-E RIDGE AS WELL AS SUB-850 EASTERLY MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL HELP TO ERODE THE H85-H7 DRY LAYER APPARENT ON THIS MORNING'S 12Z DTX SOUNDING AND ALLOW FOR A SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION OF LIGHT SNOW AND DECREASE IN VIRGA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RECENT RADAR TRENDS CONFIRM THESE EXPECTATIONS (AND YESTERDAY'S NMM CORE SOLUTIONS). RUC ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT WHILE A BRIEF PERIOD OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA, THE BULK OF THE EVENT WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE HEART OF THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A FEW HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE BANDING OWING TO BOTH A VERY WEAKLY STATICALLY STABLE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE LOW-LEVEL FRONT AND MARGINAL MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY. THE FORECAST HAS THEREFORE BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT A HIGHER POP SCENARIO FROM APPROXIMATELY LIVINGSTON TO TO LAPEER COUNTIES WHERE A WIDESPREAD HALF INCH OR SO IS STILL POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SAID BANDING WILL SEE A PORTION OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATE MORE QUICKLY AS VSBYS FALL TO 1-2 MILES PER UPSTREAM OBS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ISOLATED 1" ACCUMS. LONG TERM... CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE ON THE TRANQUIL SIDE OVERALL AROUND SE MICHIGAN LEADING INTO AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER AFTER THE HOLIDAY. HIGHER END ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND RATES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR SE MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE TIMING ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS BEING THE NOTABLE ASPECT OF THE EVENT. THE WEDNESDAY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE PRECEDED BY SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAKING INLAND PROGRESS OFF LAKE HURON DURING CHRISTMAS DAY. INLAND PROGRESS COULD BE AS FAR SOUTH AS I-69 AND WEST TO I-75 ON A SCATTERED BASIS WITH GREATER COVERAGE IN THE THUMB CLOSER TO THE LAKE. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODEST WITH LAKE TO 850 DELTA-T RUNNING AROUND 15C BUT WITH INVERSION HEIGHT BOOSTED BY SOME SEEDING FROM MID LEVEL MOISTURE TRAILING TODAY'S WAVE. THE BROAD INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD FOR FOCUSING NORTHERLY FLOW INTO THE THUMB FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE FILLING AND DRYING TOWARD EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE FORECAST REMAINS THE EVOLUTION OF A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SET TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE COUNTRY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT POST HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WITH MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATION REMAINING THE PRIMARY EXPECTATION IN SE MICHIGAN. SUBJECT UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WAS MORE FULLY INLAND FROM THE WEST COAST FOR THE MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS, SO IT IS A GOOD SIGN THAT THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE HAS NOT SHIFTED MUCH OFF OF EARLIER SOLUTIONS AS THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST DURING CHRISTMAS DAY AND DEEPENS INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NAM, GFS, ECMWF, AND LOCAL WRF GLOBAL IS EXCELLENT BY THEN ON THE POSITION AND INTENSITY OF THE LARGE SCALE FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. THE CANADIAN REMAINS FASTER/FARTHER EAST IN THE SOLUTION SPACE PERHAPS REPRESENTING THE STRONG INFLUENCE ON TRACK AND STRENGTH BY THE SOUTHWARD POSITION OF THE UPPER JET AXIS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. THERE IS ALSO CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL BAROCLINICITY, GULF MOISTURE, AND WARM SECTOR INSTABILITY IN ADVANCE OF THE WAVE FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. ALL OF THIS, ALONG WITH A NEW ROUND OF UPPER LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE WEST COAST, FAVORS PROGRESSION AND THE TRANSFER OF CYCLOGENESIS TO THE EAST COAST DURING WEDNESDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS ON THE BULK FEATURES DOES NOT GET US OUT OF THE WOODS ON A WINTER EVENT OR SIMPLIFY THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA DURING WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE REMAINS ADVERTISED FOR THE REGION. WITH AN EASY CALL ON ALL SNOW AS THE PRECIPITATION TYPE, THE QUESTION OF AMOUNT REMAINS TIED TO THE CHARACTER AND DURATION OF MAX FORCING AND MICROPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE SNOW OVER SE MICHIGAN DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE TRANSFER OF CYCLOGENESIS TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL SIPHON AT LEAST SOME ENERGY AND MOISTURE OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES BUT A WELL ORGANIZED TROWAL IS SHOWN TO BE IN PLACE OVER OUR AREA WITH A STRONG HYBRID ATLANTIC/GULF MOISTURE CONVEYOR FEEDING INTO THE NORTH FLANK OF THE SYSTEM. MODEL FIELDS OF SPECIFIC HUMIDITY INDICATE MORE THAN ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF 2-3 G/KG IN THE 850 TO 700 MB LAYER ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROWAL AXIS. THIS LEAVES DURATION AS THE LIMITING FACTOR AS FIELDS OF THETA-E INDICATE THE TROWAL SHRINKING EASTWARD QUICKLY BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILDCARDS TO CONSIDER THAT COULD SKEW AMOUNTS HIGHER INCLUDE THE ACTUAL TIMING OF EAST COAST TRANSFER, MESOSCALE BANDS WITHIN THE TROWAL, AND LAKE ENHANCEMENT. THE POTENTIAL FOR LAKE ENHANCEMENT WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY EXTRA CONTRIBUTOR BUT THAT WILL TEND TO STRETCH THE EVENT WELL INTO THURSDAY AS SYNOPTIC FORCING WANES. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED BUT THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE, ALONG WITH MODEL SOUNDING DERIVED SNOW RATIO AVERAGING 11:1, SUGGESTS STORM TOTALS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY BELOW 6 INCHES DURING THE 12 TO 18 HOUR EVENT ENDING BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. AFTER A BREAK DURING THURSDAY AND MOST OF FRIDAY, THE ACTIVE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM REACHING THE GREAT LAKES TO START THE WEEKEND. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LESS ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BEFORE GAINING STRENGTH ALONG THE EAST COAST TOWARD SUNDAY. MARINE... LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 KNOTS OR LESS WILL TURN EASTERLY AND BEGIN TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF ONSHORE FLOW WILL FAVOR ELEVATED WAVE CONDITIONS FOR ALL NEARSHORE ZONES BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING IN ADDITION TO POTENTIAL FUNNELING INTO SAGINAW BAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...GUSTS TO NEAR GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREA WATERS. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...NONE. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && AVIATION.....KURIMSKI UPDATE.......KURIMSKI SHORT TERM...JVC LONG TERM....BT MARINE.......JVC YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:00 PM EST, 11 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 400 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-250915- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 400 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS TONIGHT BUT A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS AT TIMES BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WITH DIFFICULTIES FOR THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THE RESPONSIBLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST TUESDAY AND DEEPEN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC STATES BY LATE WEDNESDAY. BASED ON THE LOW MAKING IT INTO SOUTHERN OHIO...THE LATEST WEATHER DATA INDICATES A 3 TO 6 INCH SNOWFALL... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OCCURRING ACROSS EASTERN AREAS...OR ALONG A MONROE...DETROIT...SANDUSKY LINE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-250915- 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- 400 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE GULF COAST TUESDAY AND MOVE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS ON WEDNESDAY WILL NECESSITATE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHERN LAKE HURON. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD OVER THE SOUTHERN LAKES REGION AND LIKELY PRESENT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS FOR MARINE INTERESTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. BT YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Saint Clair, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:50 PM EST | Gale Warning | DTX | 30 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | DTX | Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more | 38 hr |
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