Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
606 FNUS73 KMQT 041543 FWSMQT Spot Forecast for Sector NGL WX RQST...USCG Sector Northern Great Lakes National Weather Service Marquette MI 1143 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CDT on June 04. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Southeast winds around 10 knots this morning increase to southerly winds to around 15 knots gusting to around 20 knots this afternooon and evening. Wave heights around 1 foot are expected today. Dense fog has been observed within the open lake zone on satellite imagery and at the East Superior Buoy to the north, but a deck of stratus clouds with cloud bases around 1,000 ft is obstructing the view of the water in the vicinity of the spot, so uncertain whether or not fog is present at that point. Fog is expected to gradually improve through the day and some lifting and scattering of clouds is expected in the afternoon hours. Airframe icing is not a threat over Lake Superior and is only a threat in the Traverse City area at or above 14,000 ft. Overnight, expect similar conditions to today until a cold front approaches from the west, with showers arriving as soon as 3 AM EDT (07Z) with chances of rain and thunderstorms increasing around 8AM EDT (12Z). Winds shift from southerly around 8AM to westerly by noon EDT (16Z). Wave heights increase to 2-3 ft by midnight EDT (04Z). For enroute and areal forecasts please contact Marquette MI. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy dense fog late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Temperature.........Max 55. Surface winds.......Southeast winds 8 to 11 knots. Ceiling (kft).......4.3 increasing to 22. Visibility (sm).....5 decreasing to 1.34 early in the afternoon, then decreasing to 0.68 late in the afternoon increasing to 1.35 late in the afternoon. Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet. Wave period.........3 seconds. Lake Surface Temp...51 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wave Direction......130. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM Sky (%).........89 85 63 55 36 Weather cov..... PTY PTY Weather type.... FOG FOG Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 Temp............53 53 53 52 51 Ceiling (kft)...4.3 5.4 11 12 22 Visibility (sm).5 1.3 .68 1.4 1.6 Surface wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE Surface wnd spd.9 9 11 11 11 Surface wnd gst.10 10 13 13 13 Wave Direction..150 150 130 130 130 Wave period (s).3 3 3 3 3 Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Patchy fog early in the evening. Slight chance of rain showers after 3 am. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Chance of thunder...11 percent. Temperature.........Min 48. Surface winds.......South winds 12 to 17 knots. Ceiling (kft).......21 decreasing to 10. Visibility (sm).....3 increasing to 8 early in the evening. Wave Height.........Waves building to 1 to 3 feet. Wave period.........4 seconds. Lake Surface Temp...51 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wave Direction......160. TIME (CDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM Sky (%).........35 42 46 57 64 74 67 66 66 70 75 76 Weather cov.....PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH Weather type....FOG FOG RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 Chc of thdr (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............52 52 53 52 51 50 50 51 52 52 52 52 Ceiling (kft)...22 23 24 23 23 21 20 19 18 17 16 10 Visibility (sm).3 4 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE Surface wnd spd.15 15 15 17 17 17 16 16 16 13 13 13 Surface wnd gst.17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 15 15 15 Wave Direction..130 130 130 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 Wave period (s).3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wave height (ft)1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...GS Requested by...OS2 Schmidt Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2415593.0/MQT .DELDT 06/04/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Dalton.T.Schmidt@uscg.mil