000 WHUS73 KDTX 262054 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 354 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS FROM THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC INTO CENTRAL ONTARIO. NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE BY TOMORROW EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS...A LONG FETCH OVER THE WATER WILL ALLOW WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 8 FEET OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. LARGE WAVES OVER LAKE HURON WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. LCZ460-LEZ444-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.091127T0400Z-091127T2300Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 354 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 20 KNOTS FROM THE WEST TO OCCUR AROUND 8 AM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 26 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 3 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 1 PM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ422-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.091127T0400Z-091127T2300Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 354 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 18 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 2 AM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 25 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 4 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 2 PM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ441>443-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.091127T0800Z-091128T1500Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 354 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 23 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 5 AM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 30 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 7 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 9 PM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LHZ421-270900- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.091127T0400Z-091128T1500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 354 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 22 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 6 AM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 29 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 5 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 4 PM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HLO