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Spot Forecast for AGROUND VESSEL SPILL...USCG
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1027 AM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 EDT on June 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and embedded thunderstorms will become more numerous along the
northeast lower Michigan coastline today. A stronger storm or two is
possible today. Any strong storm would produce brief erratic wind
gusts, and heavy rain. Otherwise, south winds of 10 to 15 knots will
become southwest and weaken a bit toward sunset. Waves of around 2 feet
will be common into this evening, before dropping below 2 feet tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Scattered showers and
                    isolated thunderstorms late in the morning,
                    then showers and scattered thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Surface winds.......South winds 10 to 13 knots.
Ceiling (kft).......18 decreasing to 7.8 early in the afternoon,
                    then decreasing to 5.2 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 3.0 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 2.3 increasing to 3.4 late in the
                    afternoon.
Visibility (sm).....8 decreasing to 7 late in the afternoon, then
                    decreasing to 4 late in the afternoon
                    increasing to 5 late in the afternoon.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........5 seconds.
Lake Surface Temp...50 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......133.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  89  92  96  95  98  99
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  80  80  80  80
Temp............63  63  63  63  64  63  63
RH..............81  81  81  84  84  87  90
Ceiling (kft)...18  7.8 5.2 3.0 3.3 2.3 3.4
Visibility (sm).10  10  9   8   7   4   5
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.10  13  13  13  13  13  13
Surface wnd gst.16  18  18  18  18  18  18
Wave Direction..130 130 130 130 130 130 130
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Rain showers and
                    scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    scattered rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Surface winds.......Southwest winds 6 to 11 knots decreasing to 6
                    to 7 knots overnight.
Ceiling (kft).......2.8 decreasing to 2.0 early in the evening,
                    then increasing to 2.8 early in the evening
                    increasing to 3.3 late in the evening
                    increasing to 4.3 increasing to 5.4 late in the
                    evening decreasing to 3.9 increasing to 4.9
                    after 3 am increasing to 8.9 increasing to 11
                    early in the morning.
Visibility (sm).....7 increasing to 9 after 3 am.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........5 seconds.
Lake Surface Temp...50 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......140.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........95  99  94  76  59  50  41  40  39  42  52  59
Weather cov.....DEF DEF SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Chc of pcpn (%).80  80  30  30  30  20  20  20  20  20  20  30
Temp............62  61  61  62  61  60  59  59  58  58  57  56
RH..............93  93  93  90  90  90  90  90  90  90  90  93
Ceiling (kft)...2.8 2.0 2.8 3.3 4.3 5.4 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.9 8.9 11
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   8   8   7   8   8   9   10  10
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.11  11  11  8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.16  16  16  14  14  14  12  12  12  13  13  13
Wave Direction..140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning and early afternoon,
                    then chance of thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon. Rain showers likely late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Surface winds.......West winds 6 to 10 knots.
Ceiling (kft).......19 decreasing to 15 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 19 early in the morning
                    decreasing to 7.4 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 5.7.
Visibility (sm).....10 in the morning and early afternoon.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........4 seconds.
Lake Surface Temp...50 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......267.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56  54  53  49  34  33  55  35  43  48  58  68
Weather cov.....SCT SCT CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  50  50  50  50  50  50  70  70  70  70
Temp............55  56  58  59  62  64  65  65  66  65  65  64
RH..............96  93  90  90  78  70  65  65  63  65  65  65
Ceiling (kft)...19  15  21  21  21  19  7.4 6.4 5.7
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.8   8   8   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd gst.15  15  15  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  16
Wave Direction..140 140 140 160 160 160 250 250 250 270 270 270
Wave period (s).4   4   4   4   4   4   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...JZ
Requested by...OS1 CLEMONS
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2415649.0/APX
.DELDT 06/05/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMUEL.H.CLEMONS@USCG.MIL