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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
739 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

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739 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING LAKE MICHIGAN...

THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY...
  OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
  LAKE...

AT 734 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH A
COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 33
KNOTS...ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION OF
LAKE MICHIGAN. MOST OF WHICH WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS. THE
WINDS MAY EXTEND A WAYS FROM THE SHOWERS THROUGH GUST
FRONTS...LEADING TO ABRUPT SHIFTS IN WIND DIRECTION.

THESE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
  WILMETTE HARBOR AROUND 750 PM CDT.
  NORTHERLY ISLAND AROUND 800 PM CDT.
  CALUMET HARBOR AROUND 815 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THESE GUSTY
SHOWERS HAVE PASSED.

BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD PLAN FOR AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOWERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8743 4168 8743 4167 8748 4170 8752
      4174 8754 4178 8759 4185 8762 4206 8768
      4213 8776 4226 8784 4248 8780 4246 8701
      4214 8696 4178 8696 4173 8691 4170 8693
      4165 8714 4163 8715 4161 8728

$$

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