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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
339 PM EDT Sat Oct 6 2018

...BUILDING WAVES EXPECTED NEAR TIP OF THE THUMB LATE SUNDAY...

.Area of low pressure will pull a cold front SE through the region 
this afternoon with a line of showers and thunderstorms along it. 
The cold front will settle just south of the Great Lakes tonight as 
high pressure builds across Ontario and the northern Lakes. Winds 
will increase with gusts to around 20 knots after veering to the 
northwest behind the front. As the high drifts east tonight, winds 
will veer becoming northeast by Sunday morning. Waves will build 
along a portion of the Lake Huron shoreline with this northeasterly 
fetch, which will reach small craft advisory levels Sunday evening 
and overnight. The stalled front will remain south of the Michigan 
border through Sunday before drifting back northward as a warm front 
on Monday.

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Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner
Saginaw Bay-Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI-
339 PM EDT Sat Oct 6 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM EDT
MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a
Small Craft Advisory which is in effect from 6 PM Sunday to 11 AM
EDT Monday. 

* WIND AND WAVES: During the Small Craft Advisory, expect 
  sustained winds up to 16 knots from the northeast with gusts 
  up to 19 knots. The largest expected significant waves will 
  be 5 feet with a potential maximum wave height of 7 feet. 

* TIMING: The maximum winds are expected around 7 PM EDT Sunday 
  with the largest waves expected around 12 AM EDT Monday. 

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.

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DG