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LAKE ST CLAIR FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1002 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AVERAGING 29.70
INCHES...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND
REGION INTO FRIDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL
PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES...ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO
BUILD IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. THIS
HIGH...AVERAGING 30.40 INCHES...WILL SETTLE OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT
LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

LCZ460-240800-
LAKE ST CLAIR-
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 BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CLEARING.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SUNNY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. CLEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES 2 FEET OR
LESS.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR
LESS.
.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
.MONDAY...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. MOSTLY CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR
LESS.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES
2 FEET OR LESS.

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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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