National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

Gale Warning

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
357 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE HURON TODAY...

.NORTHERLY GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE
OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE TRACKS TO THE EAST COAST. FREQUENT GUSTS TO
35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS
DECREASING OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY
BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN LAKES REGION. BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS A SURFACE TROUGH
LINGERS OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES.

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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-
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER
SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-
PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI-
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-
357 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* DURING THE GALE WARNING...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS
  OF UP TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO OCCUR AROUND 9 AM EST
  WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 36 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR
  THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 12 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 10 AM EST
  WEDNESDAY.

REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

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