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Spot Forecast for MICHIPICOTEN T.O.W...USCG NGL
National Weather Service Marquette MI
843 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on June 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

West to southwest winds will continue today at 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. There could be
a chance for showers and thunderstorms going up to Thunder Bay with better increasing chances for seeing
rain up to Thunder Bay. Some of the storms up towards Canada could have pea sized hail and wind gusts up
to 30 knots.

For enroute and areal forecasts please contact Marquette MI.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the morning. Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...16 percent.
Temperature.........45 at forecast start...Max 50.
Surface winds.......West winds 11 to 14 knots.
Ceiling (kft).......11 decreasing to 9.0 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 13 late in the morning increasing
                    to 17 late in the morning decreasing to 12.
Visibility (sm).....9.
Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet building to 1 to 3 feet.
Wave period.........5 seconds.
Freezing Spray......None.
Lake Surface Temp...37 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......250.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........61  50  34  25  24  25  29  31  32
Weather cov.....SCH SCH             SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW              RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  10  10  10  20  20  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20
Temp............45  46  46  47  47  47  49  48  48
Ceiling (kft)...13  15  18  18  17  13  12  13  13
Visibility (sm).9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
Surface wnd gst.16  16  16  19  19  19  19  19  19
Wave Direction..260 260 260 250 250 250 250 250 250
Wave period (s).4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
Freezing spray..

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...17 percent.
Temperature.........Min 42.
Surface winds.......West winds 11 to 16 knots.
Ceiling (kft).......12 increasing to 15 early in the evening, then
                    increasing to 17 late in the evening increasing
                    to 21 overnight decreasing to 14 decreasing to
                    9.7 after 3 am decreasing to 8.0.
Visibility (sm).....10.
Wave Height.........Waves subsiding to calm to 2 feet, then
                    building to 1 to 3 feet.
Wave period.........5 seconds.
Freezing Spray......None.
Lake Surface Temp...37 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Wave Direction......270.

TIME (CDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........36  38  51  45  40  35  33  31  29  34  39  44
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  20  20  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).20  20  20  20  20  0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............48  47  47  46  45  45  44  44  44  44  44  44
Ceiling (kft)...13  12  15  17  16  17  21  21  16  14  9.7 8.0
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.13  13  13  11  11  11  15  15  15  16  16  16
Surface wnd gst.18  18  18  15  15  15  17  17  17  17  17  17
Wave Direction..250 250 250 260 260 260 270 270 270 270 270 270
Wave period (s).5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5
Wave height (ft)3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
Freezing spray..

$$
Forecaster...Michels
Requested by...OS1 CLEMONS
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2415817.0/MQT
.DELDT 06/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMUEL.H.CLEMONS@USCG.MIL