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 SYNOPSIS
 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A 30.5 INCH CENTER OF HIGH
 PRESSURE LINGERING OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES...THE COLD FRONT
 ASSOCIATED WITH A 29.1 INCH HUDSON BAY LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY
 JUST TO THE WEST OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEN
 DISSIPATE ON TUESDAY. UNTIL THAT TIME...THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL
 CONTINUE TO PUMP SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE WESTERN LAKES. TONIGHT
 THIS FLOW WILL REMAIN STRONG...BUT AS THE HIGH FILLS TO 30.6
 INCHES AND THE LOW WEAKENS SLIGHTLY TO 29.4 INCHES...THE GRADIENT
 WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY. BY TUESDAY A 29.8 INCH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
 WILL BEGIN ENCROACHING ON THE WESTERN LAKES...SHOOTING ACROSS
 SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WHILE DEEPENING TO 29.6 INCHES AND CROSSING THE
 MACKINAC STRAITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN FILL TO 29.9
 INCHES AS IT MEANDERS ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY.
 
 
 
 LSZ263-231045-
 LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
 CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
 ROYALE NATIONAL PARK-
 933 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
 

 REST OF TONIGHT
 SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
 WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.

 MONDAY
 SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHEAST IN THE
 AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
 WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET.

 MONDAY NIGHT
 SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING SOUTH AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET...THEN SUBSIDING TO CALM
 TO 2 FEET.

 TUESDAY
 SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING EAST IN THE
 AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES CALM
 TO 2 FEET.

 TUESDAY NIGHT
 EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
 WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.

 WEDNESDAY
 NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH 10 TO
 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 1 TO
 3 FEET.

 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS INCREASING TO GALES
 TO 35 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY...BECOMING SNOW AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FEET.

 THURSDAY
 NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
 RAIN...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 10 TO
 14 FEET.

 FRIDAY
 NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO
 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
 
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