National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PEAK WIND GUSTS FROM THE FALL STORM SEPTEMBER 28-29 2009:  
  
SOUTH HAVEN GLERL SITE      60 MPH      300 PM - 400 PM  
MUSKEGON GLERL SITE         55 MPH      200 PM - 300 PM  
BIG SABLE POINT             53 MPH      350 PM AND 230 AM(9/29)  
  
MUSKEGON AIRPORT            47 MPH      1155 AM  
HOLLAND AIRPORT             45 MPH      131 PM  
LUDINGTON HARBOR (NOS)      45 MPH      236 PM  
ALMA AIRPORT                44 MPH      455 PM  
LANSING AIRPORT             43 MPH      819 PM  
GRAND RAPIDS AIRPORT        41 MPH      447 PM  
BATTLE CREEK AIRPORT        41 MPH      1209 PM  
SOUTH HAVEN AIRPORT         40 MPH      336 PM AND 636 PM  
  
LUDINGTON AIRPORT           38 MPH      155 PM AND 717 PM  
FREMONT AIRPORT             38 MPH      316 PM  
MASON AIRPORT               37 MPH      1255 PM  
KALAMAZOO AIRPORT           37 MPH      819 PM  
JACKSON AIRPORT             33 MPH      652 PM  
MARSHALL AIRPORT            33 MPH      1236 PM  
BIG RAPIDS AIRPORT          33 MPH      416 PM  
MOUNT PLEASANT AIRPORT      32 MPH      155 PM  
CHARLOTTE AIRPORT           32 MPH      1235 PM  
  
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BUOY HAD PEAK WAVES OF 12.1 FEET WITH WINDS   
OF 47 MPH AT 450 PM.  
  
NEARSHORE BUOY OFF MUSKEGON HAD PEAK WAVES NEAR 14 FEET WITH WINDS   
OF 44 MPH MONDAY EVENING.   
  
ALL AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS ARE FROM AWOS OR ASOS SITES (FAA or NWS).  
  
ALL PEAK GUSTS OCCURRED ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH UNLESS OTHERWISE   
NOTED.   
  
BUOY WIND OBS ARE USUALLY A BIT UNDER ESTIMATED GIVEN THE BUOY IS   
PITCHING IN SIGNIFICANT WAVES.  
  
UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION FROM A SPOTTER ON THE COAST AT HOLLAND AT   
419 PM HAD A GUST OF 63 MPH VIA A HAND HELD ANEMOMETER.