WHUS53 KMQT 040252 SMWMQT LSZ249>251-266-267-040445- /O.NEW.KMQT.MA.W.0089.121204T0252Z-121204T0445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 952 PM EST MON DEC 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MARQUETTE TO WHITEFISH POINT MI... LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE LINE TO WHITEFISH POINT MI BEYOND 5NM... * UNTIL 1145 PM EST * AT 945 PM EST...MARINE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A FRONT... PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS...FROM 8 NM NORTHWEST OF CARIBOU ISLAND TO 12 NM NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SUDDENLY TO THE WEST AND GUST BRIEFLY AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS. * THIS FRONT WILL PASS NEAR... AU SABLE POINT...CRISP POINT...GRAND MARAIS AND GRAND PORTAL POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS...HIGH WAVES... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THIS FRONT PASSES. && LAT...LON 4740 8611 4689 8485 4680 8482 4675 8504 4675 8527 4667 8548 4669 8590 4665 8609 4667 8615 4648 8656 4648 8666 4654 8664 4655 8668 4648 8668 4647 8695 4650 8697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 271DEG 38KT 4739 8595 4670 8673 WIND...HAIL 40KTS 0.00IN $$ KC