WHUS43 KMQT 200937
CFWMQT
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
537 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
MIZ005-006-202200-
/O.EXT.KMQT.LS.S.0016.080920T1200Z-080921T0800Z/
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
537 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY INTO TONIGHT FROM MARQUETTE TO
GRAND MARAIS MICHIGAN...
NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...OVER EASTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD TO 5 TO 8
FEET TODAY. WITH THESE WAVES MOVING TOWARD THE BEACHES BETWEEN
MARQUETTE AND GRAND MARAIS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL
DEVELOP THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN
THE AFTERNOON...IT WILL TAKE LONGER FOR WAVES TO SUBSIDE.
THEREFORE...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.
WHEN THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW AWAY
FROM THE BEACH. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE
SHORE UNTIL OUT OF THE CURRENT...THEN SWIM BACK TO THE SHORE.
SINCE A NORTH WIND IS EXPECTED...THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL HIGH
RISK OF STRONG LONG SHORE CURRENTS DEVELOPING AROUND PICNIC ROCKS
IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE. ALL SWIMMERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO SWIM IN
THIS AREA TODAY.
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ROLFSON