Gale Watch 4, NWS Northern Indiana

476 
WHUS73 KIWX 171600
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1100 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

LMZ043-046-180000-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.A.0004.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1100 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON VEERING SOUTH THURSDAY EVENING AND SOUTHWEST FRIDAY. 

* WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET IN ICE FREE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


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051 
WHUS73 KIWX 172204
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
504 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

LMZ043-046-180615-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.A.0004.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
504 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO
  AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES FRIDAY. 

* WAVES: GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 4 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY IN ICE
  FREE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


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606 
WHUS73 KIWX 180322
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1022 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

LMZ043-046-181130-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.A.0004.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1022 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH 
  GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 
  AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES FRIDAY. 

* WAVES: GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 4 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY IN ICE 
  FREE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


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060 
WHUS73 KIWX 180327
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1027 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

LMZ043-046-181100-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.A.0004.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1027 PM EST WED FEB 17 2016

...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH 
  GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 
  AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOT GALES FRIDAY. 

* WAVES: GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 4 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY IN ICE 
  FREE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$


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483 
WHUS73 KIWX 180951
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
451 AM EST THU FEB 18 2016

LMZ043-046-181800-
/O.UPG.KIWX.GL.A.0004.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.GL.W.0005.160218T2100Z-160220T0300Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
451 AM EST THU FEB 18 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON
  WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. SOUTH TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT
  GALES TONIGHT...AND SOUTHWEST TO 30 KNOTS ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS
  TO 40 KNOT GALES.

* WAVES: GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 FEET BY FRIDAY IN ICE FREE
  AREAS.

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.

&&

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
350 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 350 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S. HIGH PRESSURE
THEN BUILDS IN LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND
LOWS RANGING BETWEEN THE LOW TEENS AND LOW 20S. A WARM FRONT WILL
LIFT THROUGH AND BRING A SIGNIFICANT WARMUP TO THE REGION LATER
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD FOCUS
OFF TO THE NORTH RESULTING IN MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. HIGHS ON THURSDAY ARE FORECAST
TO REACH THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S...WITH TEMPERATURES SURGING INTO
THE 50S ON FRIDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 350 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

WEAK COLD/DRY ADVECTION EXPECTED IN POST-FRONTAL NW FLOW TODAY WITH
HIGHS ONLY RECOVERING INTO THE LOW/MID 30S AT BEST. LEFTOVER LOW
THERMAL TROUGHING AND MARGINAL LAKE-850 MB TEMP DIFFERENTIALS TO
KEEP STRATOCU DECK AND A FEW FLURRIES AROUND MAINLY ALONG/NORTH
OF US 30 INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO
MIX IN THIS MORNING ACROSS MAINLY EASTERN ZONES GIVEN SHALLOW
MOISTURE PROFILE. HOPEFULLY DRYING/COOLING WITH STEEPENING LAPSE
RATES INTO LOWER PORTION OF DGZ WILL KEEP ANY ACTIVITY --SN BY
LATE AM/EARLY AFTN. OTHERWISE...SHOULD BE ENOUGH DRYING INTO
SHALLOW MIXED LAYER TO SUPPORT SOME BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER...WITH
AREAS SW OF HIGHWAY 30 SEEING THE BEST CHANCE FOR PARTIAL CLEARING
TODAY.

SFC HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY/TONIGHT ON
LEADING EDGE OF AN EXPANDING CENTRAL CONUS UPPER RIDGE...WITH
LIGHT/CALM WINDS, DRY CONDITIONS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OPTIMAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING THE RESULT. CONTINUED TO FAVOR COOLER GUIDANCE
BUT SOME CONCERN FOR LOW CLOUDS TO LINGER RESULTING IN A LOWER
CONFIDENCE TEMP FCST.

&&

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 350 AM EST WED FEB 17 2016

INCRSG SELY GRADIENT WINDS AND DVLPG WAA THU AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
TO THE EAST AND A DEEP LOW MOVES INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. TEMPS
SHOULD RESPOND WITH HIGHS BACK UP NEAR NORMAL IN THE M-U30S.

NRN PLAINS LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPR GRTLKS FRI/FRI NGT.
STRONG SWLY LLJ IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ADVECT UNSEASONABLY
WARM AIR INTO OUR AREA FRIDAY WITH STRONG GRADIENT MIXING ALLOWING
FOR HIGHS IN THE 50S WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH.
A FEW SHOWERS PSBL NORTH THU NGT AS WAA STRENGTHENS AND ACROSS MOST
OF THE CWA FRI AS CDFNT APPROACHES, BUT OVERALL DEEP MOISTURE WITH
THIS SYSTEM LACKING THIS FAR SOUTH SO RAIN CHANCES AND QPF QUITE
LOW.

FRIDAY'S GRTLKS LOW EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST SATURDAY
WITH ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE ACROSS THE CONUS. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN CONTD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPS SHOULD
FALL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF SHRTWVS DIG
SE FROM THE NRN PLAINS CARVING OUT A RATHER DEEP UPR LEVEL TROF OVER
THE GRTLKS/MS VALLEY BY TUE. AGAIN LIMITED MOISTURE WITH THESE
SYSTEMS EARLY NEXT WEEK SO ACCOMPANYING PRECIP CHANCES LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

SFC TROUGH ACCELERATING THROUGH THE AREA LT THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE
TO SECONDARY SW WRN NC SWING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPR TROUGH
CNTRD THROUGH THE LAKES. AS SUCH -SN HAS ENDED AT KSBN AND WILL
SHORTLY AT KFWA BY 06Z. OTRWS SIG MSTR REMAINS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH
STUBBORN LL THERMAL INVERSION WHICH WILL ALLOW MVFR/OCCASIONAL IFR
(ERLY) STRATUS CIGS TO PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK. BIT BTR MIXING
IMPLIED IN LATEST GUIDANCE WED AM AND WILL KEEP W/PRIOR FCST OF
SOME IMPROVEMENT.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...GALE WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR
     LMZ043-046.

&&

SYNOPSIS...STEINWEDEL
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...JT
AVIATION...T

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
327 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-171200-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...
LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...
SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...
BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...
OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
327 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 /227 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THIS MAY CREATE
SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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LMZ043-046-171200-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
327 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO
EARLY FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.
CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED IN ICE FREE
AREAS.

&&

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