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Spot Forecast for AMERICAN MARINER...USCG Sector NGL
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
726 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on March 28.
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...
Low pressure on James and Hudson Bays, and high pressure in the
lower Ohio Valley, is maintaining brisk west-southwest winds in the
region. Those winds will finally diminish beginning late this
afternoon, eventually veering to light west northwest winds this
evening. Waves on this portion of Munuscong (Mud) Lake will max out
at around a foot through mid afternoon today, then subside into
tonight. Scattered light snow showers and flurries will continue
through early Friday.

For enroute and areal forecasts please contact Gaylord MI.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Scattered snow
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 34.
Surface winds.......West winds 12 to 14 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......4.5 decreasing to 3.5 in the late morning and
                    early afternoon, then increasing to 4.5 late in
                    the afternoon.
Visibility (sm).....10.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........2 seconds.
Freezing Spray......None.
Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......257.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........95  92  88  85  90  95  100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............29  28  29  31  32  33  33  34  34  34
Surface wnd dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.13  13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  14
Surface wnd gst.17  21  21  21  21  21  21  20  20  20
Ceiling (kft)...4.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Wave Direction..250 250 250 250 260 260 260 260 260 260
Wave period (s).2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Freezing spray..

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered snow
                    showers early in the evening, then scattered
                    flurries early in the evening. Isolated snow
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Surface winds.......West winds 6 to 10 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......4.5 increasing to 12.
Visibility (sm).....10.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........2 seconds.
Freezing Spray......None.
Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......280.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........95  91  86  82  79  75  77  79  81  78  75  73
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  40  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............33  33  32  30  30  30  29  29  29  28  27  27
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.10  10  10  7   7   7   6   6   6   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.16  16  16  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  13
Ceiling (kft)...4.5 4.5 6.5 8.5 10  12  13  13  14  13  12  12
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Wave Direction..270 270 270 290 290 290 290 290 290 280 280 280
Wave period (s).2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Freezing spray..

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 36.
Surface winds.......Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......11 decreasing to 4.2.
Visibility (sm).....10 in the morning and early afternoon.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........2 seconds.
Freezing Spray......None.
Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......300.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........69  66  63  65  67  69  79  73  66  60  53  47
Weather cov.....ISO ISO
Weather type....SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............27  26  28  28  30  31  32  33  33  34  35  35
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.9   9   9   10  10  10  13  13  13  14  14  14
Surface wnd gst.13  13  13  15  15  15  17  17  17  18  18  18
Ceiling (kft)...11  9.2 8.0 6.7 5.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Wave Direction..280 280 280 290 290 290 300 300 300 300 300 300
Wave period (s).1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Freezing spray..

$$
Forecaster...JZ
Requested by...Andrew Scott
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2408703.0/APX
.DELDT 03/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Andrew.D.Scott@uscg.mil


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