Alert archive / Michigan / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 13, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Feb 19, 2013, 9:55 AM EST. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 19, 2013, 9:55 AM EST (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409 WHUS73 KMQT 191455 MWWMQT URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 LSZ243-244-264-192300- /O.CAN.KMQT.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.GL.W.0013.130219T1455Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 39 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 53 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 19 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 28 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 12 PM EST TUESDAY. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ245>251-265-267-192300- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 22 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 33 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 3 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ162-192300- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130219T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /855 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 29 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 38 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 10 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ240>242-263-192300- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /855 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 38 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 51 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 21 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 9 AM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 12 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ248-250-192300- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 31 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 12 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. 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. && $$ LSZ266-192300- /O.CON.KMQT.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 955 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE STORM WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 38 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 49 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 21 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 31 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ SRF
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859 WHUS73 KMQT 192123 MWWMQT URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 LSZ264-200530- /O.EXT.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 37 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 48 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 18 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 26 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ266-200530- /O.EXT.KMQT.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE STORM WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 38 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 21 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 31 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ LSZ245>251-265-267-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 37 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 49 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 22 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 32 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ240>242-263-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /323 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 33 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 44 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 21 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 8 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LSZ243-244-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 19 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 27 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LMZ248-250-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 29 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 38 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 6 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LSZ162-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- 423 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /323 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. && $$
050 WHUS73 KMQT 200306 MWWMQT URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 LSZ266-201115- /O.CAN.KMQT.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0400Z/ /O.EXA.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... ...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 36 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 47 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 20 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 29 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ245>251-265-267-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 36 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 46 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 21 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 30 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ264-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 36 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 46 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 17 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 25 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LSZ240>242-263-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /906 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 32 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 42 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 14 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 20 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ243-244-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 34 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 43 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 18 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 26 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ248-250-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.SC.Y.0026.130220T1200Z-130221T0400Z/ SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 31 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. 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 22 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. && $$ LSZ162-201115- /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- 1006 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /906 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. && $$
622 WHUS73 KMQT 201520 MWWMQT URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 LSZ162-201630- /O.CAN.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 /920 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING. $$ LSZ240>242-263-202330- /O.NEW.KMQT.GL.W.0014.130220T1520Z-130220T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 /920 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 29 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 12 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 17 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LSZ245>251-265-267-202330- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 32 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 41 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 19 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 28 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ266-202330- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 33 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 43 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 18 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 27 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LSZ264-202330- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1800Z/ LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 32 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 38 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 15 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 22 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. 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. && $$ LSZ243-244-202330- /O.CON.KMQT.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.UP.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130221T1200Z/ UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING: EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO OCCUR UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 37 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 16 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 23 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE WARNING AREA. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ248-250-202330- /O.CON.KMQT.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-130221T0400Z/ SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 1020 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WAVES DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 26 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 32 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 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. && $$ MCD
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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 19, 7:22 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 7:22 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
722 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
WV IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS INDICATED A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM
HUDSON BAY THROUGH NW ONTARIO INTO WI/IL WAS BECOMING MORE
NEGATIVELY TILTED AS A 120 KT 300-250 JET MOVES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
TOWARD THE EASTERN LAKES. THE BACK EDGE OF A WELL-DEFINED WARM
CONVEYOR SHIELD EXTENDED FROM NEAR CMX-DTW. UPPER LEVEL DIV WITH A
COUPLED JET STRUCTURE AND STRONG DEEP LAYER QVECTOR CONV SUPPORTED A
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE SNOW ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MI INTO
NRN WI. AT THE SFC...LOW PRES WAS DEEPENING AS IT MOVED THROUGH NRN
LAKE SUPERIOR AND AT 10Z WAS AROUND 987 MB NEAR BEAVER ISLAND. THE
TIGHTENING GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW AND A 1040 MB RIDGE OVER
MANITOBA INTO THE NRN PLAINS HAS RESULTED IN VERY GUSTY WINDS WITH
P59 ALREADY RECORDING GUSTS TO 49 MPH. RELATIVELY LOW SLR VALUES
NEAR 10/1 AND THE STRONG WINDS FRACTURING SNOW FLAKES HAVE KEPT SNOW
AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
THE MODERATE TO STRONG 700-300 QVECTOR CONV AND FAVORABLE 280K-290K
ISENTROPIC LIFT INTO CNTRL AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE
WITH WIDESPEAD SYNOPTIC SNOW CONTINUING. ADDITIONAL SYNOPTIC QPF
VALUES OF AROUND 0.10 TO 0.20 INTO THE NRN CWA SHOULD PROVIDE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOW LEVEL CAA WITH 850 MB
TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE -15C TO -17C RANGE WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
LAKE ENHANCED SNOW FOR LOCATIONS FAVORED BY CYCLONIC 340-330 FLOW.
THIS WOULD AFFECT MOST OF NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN WITH LOW LEVEL
CONV FOCUSED NEAR THE MARQUETTE COUNTY SHORLINE AND INTO WRN ALGER
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM LAKE ENHANCED SNOW OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
THE MAIN HAZARD HOWEVER...WILL BE THE VERY STRONG WINDS AS MODEL
MOMENTUMM TRANSFER PROFILES SUGGEST THAT WINDS WILL GUST IN THE
30-40 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. ALONG THE LAKESHORE EVEN
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE. THE
COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN/EXPOSED
AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW/VISIBILITY HAZARD WAS ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY UPGRADE
OF MARQUETTE-BAGARAG WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES TO WINTER STORM
WARNINGS EVEN WITH RELATIVELY MODEST ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS.
A TRANSITION FROM LAKE ENHANCED CLOSER TO PURE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS
EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT
WEAKENS AND DEPARTS TO THE EAST. THE GRADIENT WILL ALSO ONLY
GRADUALLY WEAKEN...KEEPING THE THREAT OF BLSN GOING. ADDITIONAL
AMONTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE NORTH ARE EXPECTED WITH LCLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE POSSIBLE FROM FAR ERN MARQUETTE
COUNTY INTO ALGER COUNTY.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER LAKES BEGINS TO UNRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY AS
UPPER TROUGH SURGES EAST WITH MAIN JET ENERGY OUT AHEAD OF TROUGH
VERSUS DIGGING INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH. CYCLONIC FLOW
STEADILY WEAKENS THROUGH THE DAY AND H8-H7 MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE
DOWNWARD TREND. EXPECT VIGOROUS LK ENHANCED SNOW TO BEGIN THE DAY TO
FADE BY LATE AFTN/EARLY WED EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS
WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE IN THE MORE MODERATE RANGE AS NEGATIVE FACTORS
PUT CRIMP IN LK EFFECT INSENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. NNW WINDS GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH RESULT IN MORE BLSN/REDUCED VSBY FOR MAINLY EASTERN AREAS
BUT THIS TOO WILL IMPROVE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT
THE 00Z THU EXPIRATION TIME OF WARNING WAS TOO LONG...BUT DUE TO
ONLY A GRADUAL DECREASING TREND IN SNOW/WIND...IT APPEARS IN GOOD
SHAPE.
1040MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO SLIDES BY INTO WESTERN QUEBEC
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RESULT IS WEAK NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT
SFC THROUGH 925MB. INVERSION LESS THAN 3KFT EASILY...BUT STILL ENOUGH
OVER-WATER INSTABILITY IN MOIST LAYER TO KEEP SMALL CHANCES FOR LK
EFFECT GOING OVR NCNTRL UPR MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT WED NIGHT THROUGH THU
MORNING. LOW-LEVEL WINDS BECOMES DIFFLUENT OVR WEST ENOUGH TO BREAK
UP LINGERING CLOUDS EVEN AS 925MB WINDS REMAIN ONSHORE. MIN TEMPS
OVR INTERIOR WEST PROBABLY END UP BLO ZERO. SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER
TEENS ABOVE ZERO ELSEWHERE.
MODELS INSISTENT ON SHOWING SHARP SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
LIFTING THROUGH MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY ON
THURSDAY AND INTO UPR GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. SYSTEM EXPECTED TO LOSE
BIG PART OF ITS PUNCH FROM THE HEAVY SNOW THAT IS FORECAST OVER
CNTRL PLAINS ON THURSDAY BY TIME IT REACHES UPR LAKES. DIMINISHING
TREND MOSTLY DUE TO DECREASING MOISTURE AS H7 MIXING RATIOS OVER
4G/KG ARE SHUNTED MORE INTO TENNESSEE RIVER AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS
WITH MIXING RATIOS LESS THAN 2.5G/KG MAKING IT INTO UPR MICHIGAN.
SYSTEM IS ALSO RUNNING INTO RIDGING ALOFT. ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IT WILL
SNOW OVER SOUTH CWA TO INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY. COORD WITH DLH/GRB
ON THIS. CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE WITH INDICATION THERE MAY BE SHARP
CUTOFF TO NORTHERN EDGE OF SNOW. LINGERING SFC-H5 TROUGH SLIDES
ACROSS UPR LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY...SO KEPT SMALL CHANCES IN THE
FORECAST. NO BIG ORGANIZED SNOWS ARE IN STORE THOUGH...JUST PATCHY
SNOW AND/OR SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPS WILL BE WARMING WITH DAYTIME HIGHS
BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY POSSIBLY PUSHING PAST 30 DEGREES.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO CLOSE THE WEEKEND THEN ANOTHER SOUTHERN
STREAM SYSTEM MAY TAKE AIM ON UPR MICHIGAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIGHT
NOW THAT SYSTEM LOOKS TO HAVE SIMILAR EVOLUTION AS ONE MOVING
THROUGH ON FRIDAY. WE SHALL SEE. MODEL TIMING ISSUES EVIDENT FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF SNOW SO USED CONSENSUS POPS AT THIS POINT. WITH SOUTHERN
STREAM ORIGIN...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL FOR
NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 717 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
CMX...EXPECT PREDOMINANT VLIFR CONDITIONS AS VERY STRONG NNW WINDS
COMBINE WITH LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF TODAY. THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH ENOUGH THIS
EVENING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT WITH LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS.
SN/BLSN WILL ALSO KEEP MAINLY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS AT IWD.
HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT LATER TODAY AS THE WINDS
SLOWLY DIMINISH ONCE THE LO SHIFTS FARTHER TO THE E.
SAW...EXPECT PREDOMINANT IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. AS THE LOW PULLS OFF
TO THE E LATER TONIGHT AND INTENSIFIES...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING
SN/BLSN FROM AN INCREASING NW WIND WILL CAUSE LIFR CONDITIONS THRU THE
MRNG. THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE THE DEEPER
MOISTURE EXITS AND THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW HELPS REDUCE THE SNOW
INTENSITY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS/BLSN MAKE IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
STRONG WRAPPED UP SFC LOW NEARS STRAITS THIS MORNING AND HEADS
TOWARD WESTERN QUEBEC TONIGHT WHILE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. MSLP AS LOW
AS 986MB THIS MORNING. VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT PRESENT THROUGH
THIS EVENING FROM SSM TO DLH...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING AN IMPRESSIVE 25
MB INTO THE AFTN. SUCH A STRONG GRADIENT COMBINED WITH COLD AIR
ADVECTION AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT LEAD TO STRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT
STORM FORCE GUSTS OVER CNTRL LK SUPERIOR. CURRENT STORM AND GALE
WARNINGS IN FINE SHAPE. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH WITH GALES
PERSISTING OVER LK SUPERIOR THROUGH WED. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE CROSSING ON
THURSDAY WILL ALLOW WINDS TO RELAX AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO
SUBSIDE. EXPECT EAST WINDS 20-30 KTS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINDS FOR THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND NO MORE THAN 20 KTS AS WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
PREVAILS.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT FOR
MIZ002-004-005-009-084.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ006-007-014-
085.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ001-003.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR MIZ013.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY
FOR LSZ162-240>251-263>267.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LSZ245>251-265-267.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LSZ266.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LSZ243-244-264.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR LSZ240>242-
263.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR LSZ162.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...JLA
AVIATION...JLB
MARINE...JLAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:25 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-201200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /325 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR IN AREAS FAVORED BY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY IN THE SNOWBELTS OVER THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND POOR VISIBILITY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT SNOW REPORTS ON OUR WEBPAGE...BY VISITING OUR FACEBOOK PAGE BY SEARCHING FOR US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MICHIGAN...OR VIA TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-201200- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /325 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 TO 55 KNOTS TODAY ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ON MOST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST AND THE MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER WIND AND FREEZING SPRAY DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER WIND AND FREEZING SPRAY DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-201200- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTHWESTERLY GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST AND OPEN WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JLA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:09 AM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
909 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM SNOW 4 S STONINGTON 45.67N 86.97W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:14 AM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
914 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
02/19/2013 E6.8 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0810 AM SNOW 1 SW CALUMET 47.24N 88.47W
02/19/2013 E10.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
8 TO 12 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0815 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M3.8 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI PUBLIC
SINCE 730PM YESTERDAY.
&&
SRFLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:15 AM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
915 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 10 S GRAND MARAIS 46.53N 85.98W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:20 AM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
920 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 AM NON-TSTM WND GST COPPER HARBOR 47.47N 87.89W
02/19/2013 M49.00 MPH KEWEENAW MI ASOS
PEAK WIND THUS FAR AT THE COPPER HARBOR ASOS.
0500 AM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 47.42N 88.30W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH KEWEENAW MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE MONDAY EVENING. OCCASIONAL SNOW. STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE REDUCING VISIBILITY.
0500 AM SNOW HOUGHTON 47.11N 88.56W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE 7 PM MONDAY EVENING. SNOWING LIGHTLY NOW WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
0500 AM SNOW ONTONAGON 46.87N 89.31W
02/19/2013 M0.5 INCH ONTONAGON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
HALF INCH OF SNOW IN ONTONAGON SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
ROADS ARE SLIPPERY.
0500 AM SNOW BESSEMER 46.48N 90.05W
02/19/2013 E2.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWING HARD NOW WITH
BLOWING SNOW.
0515 AM SNOW MUNISING 46.42N 86.64W
02/19/2013 E5.5 INCH ALGER MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
5 TO 6 INCHES SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING.
0515 AM SNOW ESCANABA 45.75N 87.08W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH DELTA MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING NOW WITH BLOWING
SNOW.
0515 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 E3.5 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING.
0515 AM SNOW MENOMINEE 45.12N 87.62W
02/19/2013 E1.2 INCH MENOMINEE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
0515 AM SNOW IRON MOUNTAIN 45.83N 88.06W
02/19/2013 E2.5 INCH DICKINSON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. WINDS AND BLOWING
SNOW HAVE STARTED TO INCREASE RECENTLY.
0515 AM SNOW CRYSTAL FALLS 46.10N 88.33W
02/19/2013 E1.2 INCH IRON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING WITH
BLOWING SNOW.
0600 AM SNOW 10 S GRAND MARAIS 46.53N 85.98W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY.
0605 AM SNOW 1 ENE BESSEMER 46.48N 90.03W
02/19/2013 E5.0 INCH GOGEBIC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
4 TO 6 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING.
0630 AM SNOW 1 WSW MUNISING 46.41N 86.66W
02/19/2013 M7.5 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.73 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW NW NEWBERRY 46.35N 85.51W
02/19/2013 M3.7 INCH LUCE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.43 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 1 S MANISTIQUE 45.95N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M5.0 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.38 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 5 ENE GARDEN CORNERS 45.92N 86.44W
02/19/2013 M3.4 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.49 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW GLADSTONE 45.84N 87.04W
02/19/2013 M4.2 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.40 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 2 ENE SIDNAW 46.51N 88.67W
02/19/2013 M4.4 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.22 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 4 WNW GLADSTONE 45.88N 87.09W
02/19/2013 M4.6 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.45 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 3 NE NEGAUNEE 46.53N 87.55W
02/19/2013 M3.6 INCH MARQUETTE MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.26 INCHES.
0730 AM SNOW 4 SE HARVEY 46.45N 87.30W
02/19/2013 M2.7 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.32 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SW THOUSAND ISLAND LA 46.22N 89.41W
02/19/2013 M2.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.08 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 3 S IRON RIVER 46.06N 88.63W
02/19/2013 M2.0 INCH IRON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.16 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 1 ESE MARQUETTE 46.55N 87.38W
02/19/2013 M3.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.34 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 5 E ROUND LAKE 46.15N 86.65W
02/19/2013 M7.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 2 WNW IRONWOOD 46.47N 90.19W
02/19/2013 M6.0 INCH GOGEBIC MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 4 NE CALUMET 47.29N 88.38W
02/19/2013 M6.5 INCH KEWEENAW MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. 0.68 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. SNOW
CONTINUING WITH BLOWING SNOW.
0800 AM SNOW HERMAN 46.67N 88.37W
02/19/2013 M8.7 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.32 INCHES. BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
0800 AM SNOW 4 NW WATSON 46.07N 87.48W
02/19/2013 M4.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 10 E ONTONAGON 46.87N 89.10W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 5 N SHINGLETON 46.42N 86.48W
02/19/2013 M11.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
02/19/2013 E6.8 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0810 AM SNOW 1 SW CALUMET 47.24N 88.47W
02/19/2013 E10.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
8 TO 12 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0815 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M3.8 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI PUBLIC
SINCE 730PM YESTERDAY.
0830 AM SNOW 5 WNW BARAGA 46.80N 88.60W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.22 INCHES.
0900 AM SNOW 4 S STONINGTON 45.67N 86.97W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:46 AM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
946 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 7 NNW ISHPEMING 46.59N 87.70W
02/19/2013 M6.2 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.58 INCHES.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:51 AM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
951 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM SNOW WHITE PINE 46.75N 89.58W
02/19/2013 M3.3 INCH ONTONAGON MI PUBLIC
IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. VISIBILITY OF 1/2 MILE.
&&
SRFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:27 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | MQT | Alger, Houghton, Keweenaw | 32 hr |
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