FZUS81 KCLE 101940
ICELIO
GREAT LAKES ICE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
337 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN LAKES THIS EVENING TO A
POINT WHERE IT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY 
MORNING. LAKE ERIE WILL BE INFLUENCED TONIGHT BY THE PASSING OF LOW 
PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THE EXPANSIVE HIGH PRESSURE 
WILL BE OVER ALL OF THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY AND SLIDE NORTHEAST AND 
EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKES AND SOUTHERN CANADA MONDAY. LOW 
PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE LOWER LAKES FROM THE MIDWEST MONDAY 
TRACKING ACROSS OHIO TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN LAKES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 
NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ON THE EASTERN LAKES TONIGHT. ACROSS 
MICHIGAN WINDS WILL WILL START OUT NORTHERLY AND VEER TO THE 
NORTHEAST. ACROSS SUPERIOR WINDS WILL BE LIGHT NORTHERLY. THE SAME 
WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH THE EASTERN LAKES BECOMING MORE 
NORTHERLY THROUGH THE DAY. SATURDAY NIGHT WINDS ACROSS SUPERIOR WILL 
BECOME SOUTHEAST...ACROSS MICHIGAN AND HURON EASTERLY...AND ACROSS 
THE FAR EASTERN LAKES REMAIN NORTHERLY. OTHER THAN FOR A TIME THIS 
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WHEN WINDS MAY APPROACH 25 
KNOTS...WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE LESS THAN 25 KNOTS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES 
SATURDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE 
EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE GREAT LAKES EXCEPT THE LOWER LAKES WHERE 
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 
NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL THE LAKES.
THE ICE SEASON IS RAPIDLY COMING TO A CLOSE. ULTIMATELY FURTHER ICE 
DETERIORATION IS EXPECTED. WHILE A RAPID WARM UP IS NOT 
EXPECTED...HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S GREAT LAKES-WIDE IS EXPECTED 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY REMAINING ICE IN PROTECTED AREAS AND ON BAYS 
WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.
NO ICE THICKNESS REPORTS AVAILABLE.
THIS IS THE LAST GREAT LAKES ICE OUTLOOK TO BE ISSUED BY THE NWS 
CLEVELAND FOR THIS SEASON.
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OUDEMAN