WHUS73 KDTX 272304 MWWDTX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 604 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS COLD AIR BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE CONTINUES TO STREAM OVER THE WARM LAKE WATERS. GUSTS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THE LARGE WAVES OVER LAKE HURON THAT WERE GENERATED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND LONG NORTHWEST FETCH WILL LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND ALLOW WAVE HEIGHTS TO DECREASE. THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL ALLOW NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS. LCZ460-LEZ444-280015- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.000000T0000Z-091127T2300Z/ LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 604 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. WINDS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ LHZ422-280015- /O.EXP.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.000000T0000Z-091127T2300Z/ INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- 604 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. WINDS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ LHZ441>443-281115- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.000000T0000Z-091128T1500Z/ PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 604 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 19 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 5 PM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 24 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 7 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 5 PM EST FRIDAY. 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. && $$ LHZ421-281115- /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0381.000000T0000Z-091128T1500Z/ OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY- 604 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * DURING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 17 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 5 PM EST FRIDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 21 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 6 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 5 PM EST FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI