935 WHUS73 KDTX 280825 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 325 AM EST WED NOV 28 2012 ...MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW AND HIGHER WAVES TO CONTINUE... .RATHER FIRM SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL VEER TO WESTERLY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRAVERSES THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE FLOW WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY...SUPPORTING ELEVATED FLOW AND GUST POTENTIAL ALONG WITH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AMBLE WAVE GROWTH. THE FLOW WILL ONLY SLIGHTLY RELAX BEFORE THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY...INCREASING THE SOUTHWEST GRADIENT FLOW ONCE AGAIN. WINDS WILL CLOCK AROUND ALL THE WAY TO EASTERLY IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. LHZ421-441-282100- /O.EXT.KDTX.SC.Y.0099.000000T0000Z-121129T2100Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- 325 AM EST WED NOV 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 24 KNOTS FROM THE WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 28 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 6 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 8 FEET. * TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND REMAINING ELEVATED INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$