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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR

.SYNOPSIS...EXPECT 30.3 INCH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE OF 29.7 INCHES OVER IOWA LIFTS NORTHEAST...REACHING EASTERN
UPPER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS LOW WILL GRADUALLY
CONSOLIDATE WITH A DEEPER 29.1 INCH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING
OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...LOOK FOR A 30.0
INCH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE OF 29.7 INCHES WILL MOVE EAST TO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

LSZ162-250500-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 /259 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009/

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN
RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 1 TO
3 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO
7 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. WAVES
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST
10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
3 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.

$$

LSZ263-250500-
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-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF RAIN. WAVES
CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO
7 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. WAVES
BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET...THEN SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1
TO 3 FEET.
.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO
2 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.

$$

LSZ264-250500-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU
ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES CALM TO
2 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN. WAVES CALM TO
2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW. WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FEET...THEN SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
8 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO
CALM TO 2 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET.

$$

LSZ265-250500-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES CALM TO
2 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES
CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A
CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. RAIN LIKELY. SNOW LIKELY
IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING NORTHWEST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
7 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING
TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING EAST. WAVES
SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.

$$

LSZ266-250500-
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 1 TO
3 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING NORTHEAST IN THE
AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A
CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. RAIN LIKELY...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SNOW. WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING NORTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO
5 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING NORTHEAST. WAVES
SUBSIDING 1 TO 3 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.

$$

LSZ267-250500-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
359 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 1 TO
3 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES
SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 1 TO
3 FEET...THEN SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET.
.FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO
4 TO 7 FEET...THEN SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET.
.SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST
10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.
.SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FEET.

$$

LSZ261-250500-
MAFOR 2422/
SUPERIOR WEST 11410 11310 11400 11306 12116 12126. SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. 220101.

SUPERIOR NORTH CENTRAL 12410 14310 11210 11120. CHANCE OF RAIN
OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET. 220102.

SUPERIOR SOUTH CENTRAL 13410 11310 11316 11216 11226 11126. WAVES
1 TO 2 FEET. 220102.

SUPERIOR EAST 12320 12310 11326 12226 11126. WAVES 2 TO 3 FEET.
220203.

$$

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