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FZUS63 KLOT 031402
GLFLM 
OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
902 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009
FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN
.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE OF 29.1 INCHES OVER OHIO WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OF 30.0
INCHES WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER...
LOW PRESSURE OF 29.3 INCHES WILL ALREADY BE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN
DEEPEN ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES MONDAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE
OF 30.5 INCHES SOUTH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. 

MNC035-097-040203-
/O.CON.KDLH.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090404T1800Z/
/FTRM5.1.RS.090325T2106Z.090330T2000Z.090404T0600Z.NR/
903 AM CDT FRI APR 03 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR FORT RIPLEY.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET... THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF RURAL 
  AREAS NEAR FORT RIPLEY.  
$$
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              FLOOD  TODAYS  24 HR        FORECAST 7AM     
LOCATION      STAGE  STAGE   CHG    SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED
DULUTH FORECAST POINTS
  AITKIN       12    14.8   -0.1    14.7  14.5  14.4  14.3  14.0
  FORT RIPLEY  10    10.2   -0.2     9.9   9.7   9.5   9.4   9.2