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NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE
LHZ422-162100-
INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE. CLOUDY. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS BY
LATE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES
3 TO 5 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 7 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WAVES
2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS
LATE. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. MAXIMUM
WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
$$
LHZ421-162100-
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW
BAY-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO
30 KNOTS...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY.
ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED LIGHT
SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT
AROUND 8 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE. MAXIMUM
WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 6 FEET.
.THURSDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS
LATE. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET
LATE.
SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
$$
LHZ441-162100-
PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY BY
LATE MORNING...BECOMING CLOUDY. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS BY MID
AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 5 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 8 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO
15 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 5 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 6 FEET.
.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES
2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET BY AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING WEST
10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT
SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.
SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
$$
LHZ442-162100-
HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY BY
LATE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS BY MID
AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATE. PARTLY
CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND
5 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
$$
LHZ443-162100-
PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY BY
LATE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY
AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY BY
MID AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
$$
LEZ444-162100-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI-
1001 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KNOTS BY AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY BY LATE MORNING...
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET
BY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
SEE LAKE ERIE OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.
THE WATER TEMPERATURE AT BELLE ISLE IS 63 DEGREES.
$$
MR
WAVES ARE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
1/3 OF THE WAVE SPECTRUM. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IS THE HIGHEST 1/20
WAVE HEIGHT.
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