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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE HURON...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
114 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE HURON

.SYNOPSIS...A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AVERAGING 29.40
INCHES...WILL STALL OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS BRINGING SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE LOW
WILL PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES LATE IN THE WEEK ALLOWING
HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD BACK IN FROM THE NORTH.

LHZ361-202000-
LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT
BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE-
114 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS LATE. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL 5 PM. A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER 5 PM. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET. MAXIMUM
WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 6 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING EAST 5 TO
10 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET BY
MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY UNTIL 2 PM...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 FEET
OR LESS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...VEERING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO
15 KNOTS. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL 7 PM. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES
2 FEET OR LESS.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST
LATE. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.


$$

LHZ362-363-202000-
LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND
5NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF
SHORE-
114 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 5 PM. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL 2 AM...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO
3 FEET.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL 2 PM...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...VEERING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING EAST 5 TO
10 KNOTS. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL 7 PM. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET...
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET LATE.


$$

LHZ462>464-202000-
LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
114 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO
15 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2 AM...THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY UNTIL 2 PM...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 FEET
OR LESS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL 7 PM.
SHOWERS LIKELY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 7 PM. WAVES
2 FEET OR LESS.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KNOTS LATE. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET LATE.


$$

LHZ461-202000-
MAFOR 2018 AMD/
HURON NORTH...11220 11210 12310 11416 11306 11319. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET
SUBSIDING TO 2 FEET OR LESS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS
TUESDAY MORNING. 220204.

HURON SOUTH 12310 12410 11419 12409. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE TONIGHT. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. 220002.

$$

MR

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.

EXPERIMENTAL GRAPHICAL MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE)






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