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Spot Forecast for TEST TEST TEST BW Marine Drill...NWS
National Weather Service Marquette MI
523 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 EDT on September 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Cloudy and calm conditions are present this evening with a few light
rain showers noted in the area. No thunderstorms or heavy rain is
expected. Light onshore flow 10 kts or less is expected the rest of
the night with wave heights near 1 ft. Continued calm conditions
under light northerly winds are expected tomorrow as well with
decreasing cloud cover. For aviation coming from TC: MVFR to IFR cigs
are present along the entire route and is expected to persist until
early tomorrow morning before becoming MVFR to VFR. Isolated light
rain showers diminish around sunset. Winds 500-1000ft AGL remain
light, generally 5-15 kts.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers early in the evening. Slight chance of
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Temperature.........67 at forecast start...Min 62.
Surface winds.......Northeast winds 4 to 8 knots shifting to the
                    north around 4 knots after 3 am.
Ceiling (kft).......1.9 increasing to 2.5 early in the evening,
                    then decreasing to 2.1 after 3 am.
Visibility (sm).....8.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........5 seconds.
Freezing Spray......MISSING.
Lake Surface Temp...66 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......60.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88  90  83  87  87  85  87  88  90  90  90  78
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH             SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW              RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  20  10  10  10  20  20  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  67  68  67  66  67  67  66  66  66  66  66
Ceiling (kft)...1.9 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1
Visibility (sm).9   10  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   9
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.8   8   8   6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4   4
Surface wnd gst.11  11  11  8   8   8   6   6   6   6   6   6
Wave Direction..070 070 070 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
Freezing spray..

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Max 69.
Surface winds.......Northeast winds 4 to 7 knots.
Ceiling (kft).......2.2 increasing to 12.
Visibility (sm).....9.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet.
Wave period.........4 seconds.
Freezing Spray......MISSING.
Lake Surface Temp...66 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......60.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  79  60  52  45  42  37  25  20  17  8   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  64  64  63  65  66  67  67  67  67  68  67
Ceiling (kft)...2.2 2.7 3.2 4.2 5.3 6.6 7.0 12  13  13  14  14
Visibility (sm).9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.6   6   6   8   8   8   10  10  10  11  11  11
Wave Direction..060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060 060
Wave period (s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Freezing spray..

$$
Forecaster...BW
Requested by...BW
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2621227.0/MQT
.DELDT 09/04/26
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.EMAIL ben.w.warren@noaa.gov