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000 FZUS63 KMQT 070158 GLFLS OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR .SYNOPSIS...A 30.5 INCH HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH OF JAMES BAY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE TO THE EAST COAST BY LATE TUESDAY AS IT WEAKENS TO 30.3 INCHES. IN THE MEANTIME...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AVERAGING 29.8 INCHES OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL CROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN TO 29.3 INCHES OVER HUDSON BAY WHILE A 30.1 INCH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LSZ162-070830- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 /858 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2008/ .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET. .TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE. SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .TUESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .WEDNESDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES CALM TO 2 FEET. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. $$ LSZ263-070830- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS VEERING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET. .TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. .TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. .WEDNESDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. .THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. .FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. $$ LSZ264-070830- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS VEERING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 5 TO 9 FEET. .TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET. .TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE. SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. .THURSDAY...WEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. .FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. $$ LSZ265-070830- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS VEERING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET. .TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING...THEN BACKING SOUTHEAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND BECOMING SOUTH TO 30 KNOTS LATE. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. .TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN VEERING SOUTHWEST LATE. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING WEST BY MID AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET. $$ LSZ266-267-070830- 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- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 958 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS VEERING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 5 TO 9 FEET. .TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BACKING SOUTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET. .TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. .WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS VEERING SOUTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. .THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO CALM TO 2 FEET. .FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET. .SATURDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING EAST. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET. $$ LSZ261-070830- MAFOR 0703/ SUPERIOR WEST 14330 11330 11326 11416 11516. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY. WAVES 1 TO 5 FEET. 220305. SUPERIOR NORTH CENTRAL 11340 13440 13340 11446. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WAVES 5 TO 9 FEET. 220509. SUPERIOR SOUTH CENTRAL 11330 12430 12440 11340 12440. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET. 220507. SUPERIOR EAST 11330 12430 13340 12330. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET. 220507. $$ SRF
