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LHZ362 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- 1004 Pm Est Fri Dec 6 2019
.gale watch in effect from late Saturday night through Sunday afternoon...
Rest of tonight..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
Saturday..Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet late in the morning...then building to 3 to 5 feet in the afternoon.
Saturday night..South winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales in the late evening and overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 6 to 9 feet in the late evening and overnight. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
Sunday..South winds to 30 knots becoming southwest 20 to 25 knots early in the afternoon. Gusts to 40 knot gales. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around 18 feet.
Sunday night..Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots. Rain likely. Waves 5 to 7 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.
Monday..Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north late in the morning...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon increasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the evening. Snow, rain. Snow likely late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet late in the afternoon.
Tuesday..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots until early morning. A chance of snow early in the morning...then snow likely until early morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet.
Wednesday..West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow early in the morning...then snow likely until early evening. A chance of snow in the late evening and early morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet.
.gale watch in effect from late Saturday night through Sunday afternoon...
Rest of tonight..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
Saturday..Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet late in the morning...then building to 3 to 5 feet in the afternoon.
Saturday night..South winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales in the late evening and overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 6 to 9 feet in the late evening and overnight. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
Sunday..South winds to 30 knots becoming southwest 20 to 25 knots early in the afternoon. Gusts to 40 knot gales. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around 18 feet.
Sunday night..Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots. Rain likely. Waves 5 to 7 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.
Monday..Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north late in the morning...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon increasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the evening. Snow, rain. Snow likely late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet late in the afternoon.
Tuesday..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots until early morning. A chance of snow early in the morning...then snow likely until early morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet.
Wednesday..West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow early in the morning...then snow likely until early evening. A chance of snow in the late evening and early morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet.
LHZ362 Expires:201912070915;;968443
FZUS63 KDTX 070304
GLFLH
Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
1004 PM EST Fri Dec 6 2019
For waters beyond five nautical miles off shore on Lake Huron
Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.
.SYNOPSIS...High pressure, 30.40 inches, will build in across the
southern Great Lakes tonight. This high will move to the east
coast by early Sunday while a cold front slowly drops into the
northwestern Great Lakes. This front will stall out until a low
pressure system, 29.50 inches, develops along it and lifts into
the region on Monday.
LHZ362-363-070915-
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Harrisville, MI
Hourly EDIT Helplocation: 44.99, -82.16 debug
Area Discussion for - Gaylord, MI
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gaylord MI 235 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2019
NEAR TERM. (Today through Tonight) Issued at 232 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2019
. Temperatures inching upward .
High impact weather potential: Gusty southwest winds tonight to bring gales to much of northern Lake Michigan as well as more lakeshore flooding concerns along the Mackinac county coast on Lake Michigan.
Pattern synopsis/forecast: Well, at least for a little bit longer, progressive flow regime found across central NOAM . made that way by dual upper jet cores . one running along the U.S./Canadian border with the other stretching all the way from Hawaii to the Gulf Coast States. Split flow regime also noted at the mid-levels, with our area located under the confluence axis of departing northern stream troughing and ridging building through the Intermountain West. Weak warm air advection tied to just as weak mid level impulse within the northern branch is kicking off a some light snow showers across the northwest Lakes at this early hour. Otherwise a mostly cloudy and seasonably chilly night across the Northwoods, with current readings falling through the lower and middle 20s across much of the area.
Progressive pattern set to continue through the remainder of this weekend. Warm air advection regime will ramp up considerably, especially tonight, with deepening southwest flow behind departing surface high and overspreading of low amplitude mid level ridging.
Primary forecast concerns/challenges: Temperature trends and addressing some light rain/snow potential.
Details: Passing of that weak upstream wave should be enough to kick off at least a few snow showers, especially this morning. Most "concentrated" area of snow showers expected across the Tip of the Mitt counties up through the Straits with a marginally favorable over-water thermal gradient within southwest flow regime. Not a big deal for sure, with most areas seeing less than an inch of snow (much less than an inch for most).
Southwest flow ramps up considerably going through tonight as area becomes centered between departing surface high and approach of developing upstream cold front. Strongest forced ascent on nose of low level jet expected to remain off to our north, although southern extent of this enhanced convergence/moisture pooling may just clip eastern upper Michigan . bringing the threat for a few light snow showers. Mostly cloudy but dry otherwise. Those increasingly gusty southwest winds will definitely keep temperatures warmer than this past night, with readings steady state or even slowly rising after midnight. Of course, those winds will definitely make it feel several degrees colder.
SHORT TERM. (Sunday through Monday) Issued at 232 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2019
High Impact Weather Potential: Moderate
. Strong winter storm with gusty winds, rain and snow .
Synopsis/Forecast: Southwesterly winds and WAA will be continue Sunday morning ahead of an approaching cold front. A 45-55 kt LLJ and gusty southwesterly surface winds will continue to surge above- freezing air northward over our region. Even with PWATs above 0.5" (+1 S.D) we may have trouble squeezing rain out of the air mass in nrn lower through the morning hours. We'll be within a psuedo-warm sector with some semblance of a warm frontal boundary to our north. Better low-mid level moisture resides north of this boundary (colocated with better dynamics). However, as we progress into the afternoon a narrow corridor of moisture arrives ahead of the cold front, increasing precip chances. We'll stay with rain for nrn lower as profiles are above freezing for the lowest 2 kft or so. As noted by the previous shift, the higher terrain nrn lower and perhaps ern upper may struggle to changeover to pure rain for very long, given a more shallow surface-based warm layer there. Through the evening snow gets mixed back in with the loss of any little diurnal heating. The cold front looks to pass through ern upper before midnight, before quickly pushing south across nrn lower in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Also during Sunday night, an upper level wave dives southeast into the central Plains, spinning up a surface low near Kansas. This low rides up along the existing cold front through the nrn Ohio Valley Monday morning. For our area this translates to a shift in winds to more northeasterly and a brief resurgence of warmer air between Alpena and Saginaw Bay. In the afternoon forecast soundings have max omega pegged squarely over a 4 kft DGZ. This will be good for a few inches in ern upper. Nrn lower may have less accumulation through the early evening thanks to an isothermal layer near zero for the lowest 2 to 3 kft, allowing some rain to remain mixed in. Low level CAA behind the cold front gets better across nrn lower during the evening, bringing all snow for the entire area. Guidance doesn't intensify the low until Monday night, as it crosses into southeastern Ontario. This is thanks to a favorable exit region within an intensifying upper level jet stretching from the southern Plains through the southern Ohio Valley. Winds back through the day, and become more gusty overnight as the low pulls off to the northeast.
Overall this system seems a little less impressive than previously thought, as guidance is weakening and shifting the low farther north. Snow totals between Sunday night and Monday night look to remain at 3 to 4 inches or less.
LONG TERM. (Monday night through Friday) Issued at 232 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2019
High Impact Weather: Lake effect likely Tuesday into Wednesday. Some potential for moderate amounts in typical northwest flow belts.
By Tuesday morning the surface low will be well off to our northeast with CAA continuing in its wake. 850mb temps drop from the low negative teens to start the day to near -20 C. Despite great overlake instability and inversion heights around 5 kft, lack of better synoptic moisture above the lake generated cloud layer may throttle back snow amounts. Still a decent set up for lake effect Tuesdsay into early Wednesday, just not not excited about huge amounts yet. Wednesday remains the coldest day next week as the core of Arctic air rotates over us. On Thursday high pressure slides just to our southeast, giving a break from snow chances, then Friday into next weekend another clipper system approaches the area.
AVIATION. (For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night) Issued at 1046 PM EST Fri Dec 6 2019
MVFR cigs at times, mainly PLN/MBL and perhaps TVC.
High pressure moving into western IL will pass to the south of MI Saturday morning. Lake effect clouds and snow showers have been decaying. However, an uptick is expected toward dawn, as a weak upper level disturbance lends a hand. Some snow showers will be in the vicinity of mbL/PLN/TVC at times in the morning, and cigs will ride the border between VFR and MVFR. Cigs will improve later in the day.
Light winds overnight will become ssw Saturday. Those winds will be gusty at times in the afternoon evening, and LLWS will develop late in the evening.
MARINE. Issued at 232 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2019
Southwest winds expected to steadily increase across the big waters today and tonight as pressure gradient ramps up between departing surface high and approaching cold front. Winds will become quite gusty tonight into at least the first half of Sunday, especially across northern Lake Michigan where gales are expected. Small craft advisories will be needed elsewhere, although will need to watch areas down near Saginaw Bay where enhanced channeling may tip the scales to gales. Winds expected to decrease for a time later Sunday into Sunday night as that upstream front centers overhead and slows down. More marine headlines anticipated at times heading into next work week with passing low pressure and the gradual development of strong cold air advection.
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MI . LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY from 9 PM this evening to 5 PM EST Sunday for MIZ095-096. LH . SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY from 4 PM this afternoon to 5 PM EST Sunday for LHZ345>349. LM . GALE WARNING from 9 PM this evening to 5 PM EST Sunday for LMZ323-341-342-344>346. LS . SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY from 7 PM this evening to 5 PM EST Sunday for LSZ321-322.
NEAR TERM . mb SHORT TERM . STJ LONG TERM . STJ AVIATION . JZ MARINE . mb
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| APNM4 - Alpena Harbor Light, MI | 67 mi | 26 min | W 5.1 G 6 | 22°F | ||||
| LPNM4 - Alpena, MI - 9075065 | 67 mi | 46 min | NW 2.9 G 5.1 | 22°F | 1027.3 hPa (+1.1) | 14°F |
Wind History for Alpena, MI
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | |
| Last 24hr | NE G8 | NE G10 | NE G6 | N | N | NW | NW | NW G12 | N G21 | N G21 | NW G19 | NW G18 | NW G22 | NW G15 | NW G19 | NW G13 | NW G11 | NW G11 | NW G11 | NW G12 | NW G11 | NW | W G11 | NW |
| 1 day ago | NW | N G18 | N G19 | N G22 | N G19 | NW G12 | NW G14 | N G16 | N G11 | N G13 | W G10 | NW | NW | N | NE | -- | S | S | S | SW | S | NE | NE | NE |
| 2 days ago | NW | W | W G6 | NW G9 | NW | NW G11 | NW G16 | NW G14 | NW G19 | NW G16 | NW G14 | NW G14 | NW G14 | NW G21 | NW G11 | NW G12 | NW G12 | N G12 | N G17 | NW G16 | N G15 | NW G21 |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Oscoda, Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, MI | 75 mi | 70 min | N 0 | 10.00 mi | Fair | 13°F | 9°F | 87% | 1027.8 hPa |
Link to 5 minute data for KOSC
Wind History from OSC (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | N | N | N | N | N | NW | NW | W | NW G22 | NW G17 | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | N | Calm | W | Calm | Calm | SW |
| 1 day ago | NW | NW G17 | NW | NW G14 | NW | W | NW G16 | NW | NW | NW | W | W | W | SW | S | S | S | SW | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | Calm | NE |
| 2 days ago | S | SW | W | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | W | NW G15 | NW | NW G15 | NW | W | NW | W | W | W | W | W | SW | W | W |
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Wind Forecast for Gaylord, MI (3,6,7,8)
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