FZUS81 KCLE 111944
ICELIO
GREAT LAKES ICE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
343 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT THEN 
SHIFT EAST JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT 
THEN STALL.  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS 
SATURDAY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LAKES MONDAY THROUGH 
TUESDAY. A LOW WILL MOVE EAST JUST NORTH OF THE LAKES WEDNESDAY 
DRAGGING A TRAILING COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER LAKES BY 
LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SEE EAST TO NORTHEAST GALES DIMINISH LATE 
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SEE EAST GALES OR 
NEAR GALES BACK TO NORTHEAST BY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE SATURDAY 
NIGHT. LAKE HURON WILL SEE EAST GALES OR NEAR GALES BECOME NORTHEAST 
AND DIMINISH SOME ON SATURDAY BECOMING NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT.  LAKE 
ERIE WILL HAVE SOUTH WINDS BECOME SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE 
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND SPEEDS GENERALLY UNDER 20 KNOTS.
TEMPERATURES AROUND THE LAKES WILL TRANSITION DOWN TO BELOW NORMAL 
SATURDAY AND CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY THEN RISE BACK TO 
AROUND NORMAL FOR THE UPPER LAKES TUESDAY.  ON WEDNESDAY 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY ABOVE NORMAL ON THE UPPER LAKES AND NEAR 
NORMAL ON THE LOWER LAKES.
REMAINING ICE FIELDS IN AND AROUND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE LAKES 
WILL SEE LITTLE CHANGE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING THEN SLOW 
DETERIORATION MONDAY AFTERNOON RISING TO MODERATE DETERIORATION FOR 
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  THE REMAINING ICE IN EXTREME EASTERN LAKES 
ERIE AND ONTARIO WILL SEE SLOW DETERIORATION THROUGH MONDAY 
INCREASING TO MODERATE DETERIORATION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
THE COAST GUARD CUTTER KATMAI BAY IN THE ST MARYS RIVER REPORTED 
OPEN WATER FROM SAULT HARBOR TO 3 NM S OF NINE MILE...NINE TENTHS OF 
4 TO 12 INCH ICE FROM 3 NM S OF NINE MILE TO MUD LAKE JUNCTION BUOY 
THROUGH WEST NEEBISH CHANNEL...NINE TENTHS OF 6 TO 24 INCH ICE FROM 
THE JUNCTION BUOY TO LIME ISLAND AND FROM THE JUNCTION BUOY TO 
JOHNSON POINT AND FIVE TENTHS OF 8 TO 18 INCH ICE FROM LIME ISLAND 
TO DETOUR WITH OPEN WATER IN CHANNEL.
THE CUTTER MACKINAW IN WHITEFISH BAY REPORTED EIGHT TENTHS OF 10 TO 
16 INCH ICE FROM THE SW PIER TO ROUND ISLAND LIGHT 26...OPEN WATER 
FROM ROUND ISLAND LIGHT 26 TO GROS CAP REEFS LIGHT...FOUR TENTHS OF 
16 TO 28 INCH ICE FROM GROS CAP REEFS LIGHT TO WHITEFISH POINT. 
ALSO REPORTED WAS THAT MASSIVE PLATES OF ICE CONTINUE TO SHIFT WITH 
THE WIND BETWEEN WHITEFISH POINT AND ILE PARISIENNE AND THERE IS AN 
ACCUMULATION OF BROKEN PLATE ICE BETWEEN LIGHT 26 AND POINT LOUISE 
DUE TO NORTH WINDS.
THE CUTTER HOLLYHOCK ON GREEN BAY REPORTED THREE TENTHS OF 2 TO 4 
INCH ICE FROM ROCK ISLAND PASS TO 4 NM S OF ROCK ISLAND PASS AND 
NINE TENTHS OF 6 TO 12 INCH ICE FROM 5 NM N OF GREEN ISLAND TO GREEN 
ISLAND.
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ADAMS