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NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE

LHZ422-240900-
INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTH
10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET...
BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND
5 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
SUNNY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET BY AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
10 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...VEERING TO THE EAST LATE.
PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CLEARING. WAVES 2 FEET
OR LESS.

SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

$$

LHZ421-240900-
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW
BAY-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 8 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
SUNNY. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 9 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 5 TO
10 KNOTS LATE. CLEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...VEERING TO THE EAST BY
AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CLEARING.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.

SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

$$

LHZ441-240900-
PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET. MAXIMUM
WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 9 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
SUNNY. WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 10 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CLEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES 1 TO
3 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.

SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

$$

LHZ442-240900-
HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KNOTS LATE. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT
AROUND 9 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATE. SUNNY. WAVES 6 TO 9 FEET.
MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 11 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. CLEAR THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND
7 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES 1 TO
3 FEET.

SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

$$

LHZ443-240900-
PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE.
PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT
SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WAVES 5 TO 7 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND
10 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATE. SUNNY. WAVES 6 TO 9 FEET.
MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 11 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATE.
CLEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES
3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 7 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
LATE. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CLEARING. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.

SEE LAKE HURON OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

$$

LEZ444-240900-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI-
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT
SHOWERS THIS EVENING...THEN CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO
4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SUNNY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. CLEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT
AROUND 5 FEET.
.SATURDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...THEN CLEARING. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.

SEE LAKE ERIE OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 5.

THE WATER TEMPERATURE AT BELLE ISLE IS 60 DEGREES.

$$

JVC

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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