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FZUS63 KMQT 020900
GLFLS 

LSZ260-021500

OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
330 AM EST SAT NOV 2 2002

LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES OF 29.8 INCHES OVER NE LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SLIDE 
SE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY SUNDAY...WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD 
FRONT MOVING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH PRES 
OF 30.1 INCHES WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS 
AFTERNOON...AND TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUN AFTERNOON. BEHIND 
IT...LOW PRES OF 29.8 INCHES WILL MOVE FROM MANITOBA TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR BY SUN EVENING. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO QUEBEC BY MON 
MORNING...WHILE ANOTHER HIGH PRES OF 30.2 INCHES WILL SLIDE E TO THE 
GREAT LAKES MON THROUGH WED. A LOW PRES TROUGH OF 29.9 INCHES WILL 
MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE WED.

WEST HALF

.TODAY...NW WIND TO 30 KT DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT EARLY...THEN 
VEERING N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS 
ENDING. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...N WIND 5 TO 15 KT EARLY IN THE EVENING VEERING S AFTER 
MIDNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 10 TO 20 KT VEERING W 15 TO 25 IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 
2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WIND TO 30 KT EARLY...THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 
KT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT.
.MON...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SNOW. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 
5 FT.
.TUE...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT BACKING SW 5 TO 15 KT EARLY. A CHANCE OF 
LIGHT SNOW. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...SW WIND 5 TO 15 KT VEERING NW 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF RAIN OR 
SNOW. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. 

EAST HALF

.TODAY...NW WIND TO 30 KT DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT EARLY...THEN  
DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS 
DECREASING. WAVES 7 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING S 5 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SCATTERED EVENING SNOW SHOWERS ENDING. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 
2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 10 TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT THEN  
VEERING SW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 
FT.
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT VEERING NW TO 30 KT BY LATE 
EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT.
.MON...N WIND 15 TO 25 KT BACKING NW IN THE MORNING AND DECREASING 
TO 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SNOW. WAVES 7 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 
3 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT BACKING SW 5 TO 15 KT. A CHANCE OF SNOW 
SHOWERS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...SW WIND 5 TO 15 KT VEERING W 10 TO 20 KT. A CHANCE OF RAIN OR 
SNOW. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT.

$$

LSZ261-021500-
MAFOR 0210/
SUPERIOR WEST 1/2 11740 11730 11820 11810 11100 11310 12410 
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ENDING TODAY. WAVES 6 TO 9 FEET SUBSIDING TO 
1 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT. 210609 210407.
SUPERIOR EAST 1/2 11747 11737 11727 12720 11910 12410. SCATTERED 
EVENING SNOW SHOWERS WAVES 5 TO 10 FEET TODAY SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 6 
FEET TONIGHT. 220710. 
$$

MRD