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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1027 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

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ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-
1027 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARD LAKE ERIE TONIGHT. ON
WEDNESDAY...THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT
LAKES...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS OUT
ON LAKE MICHIGAN.

NORTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WHICH WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY REMAINING NEAR 30
KNOTS. WAVES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BUILD TO THE 5 TO 8 FOOT RANGE UP
NEAR BIG AND LITTLE SABLE POINTS AND TOWARD 10 FEET DOWN TOWARD
ST. JOSEPH.

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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