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LAKE ST CLAIR FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
344 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT AVERAGING 29.70 INCHES WILL BE
TRACKING THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS WILL RAMP UP BEHIND THIS FRONT...REACHING
GALE FORCE ON SUNDAY OVER LAKE HURON...AS UNUSUALLY STRONG COLD
AIRMASS ALSO GENERATES SOME SNOW SHOWERS.

LCZ460-112015-
LAKE ST CLAIR-
344 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATE. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY MID AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES
2 FEET OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.
.SUNDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. PARTLY SUNNY
WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 5 FEET.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES
1 TO 3 FEET.
.MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.

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SF

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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