####018006836#### FZUS63 KMQT 100158 GLFLS OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 958 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR .SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OF 30.2 INCHES FROM NORTHERN ONTARIO TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OF 29.7 INCHES OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY EVENING WHILE DEEPENING TO 29.4 INCHES. THE LOW WILL DEEPEN FURTHER TO 28.9 INCHES BY THE TIME IT REACHES JAMES BAY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.7 INCHES WILL SETTLE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND THE MIDWEST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WILL THEN BECOME A RIDGE OF 30.5 INCHES EXTENDING FROM THE DAKOTAS TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. LSZ162-263-100830- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- 958 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 /858 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009/ ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .REST OF TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS INCREASING TO GALES TO 40 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. .TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BACKING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. NOTE...WAVES OMITTED FOR MOSTLY ICE COVERED AREAS. $$ LSZ264-100830- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 958 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. .TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW AND DRIZZLE BY MID AFTERNOON. .TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO GALES TO 45 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BACKING WEST BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .FRIDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BACKING SOUTH. NOTE...WAVES OMITTED FOR MOSTLY ICE COVERED AREAS. $$ LSZ265-100830- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- 958 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 15 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. .TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DRIZZLE AND SNOW LIKELY BY MID AFTERNOON. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS INCREASING TO GALES TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO GALES TO 45 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING WEST BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 15 KNOTS. NOTE...WAVES OMITTED FOR MOSTLY ICE COVERED AREAS. $$ LSZ266-267-100830- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 958 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. .TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW. A CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON. .TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST GALES TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BACKING WEST BY MID AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS. NOTE...WAVES OMITTED FOR MOSTLY ICE COVERED AREAS. $$ &&STORM LSZ261-100830- MAFOR 1003/ SUPERIOR WEST...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT... 11120 11130 11140 11147 11157 13167. CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WAVES OMITTED DUE TO ICE COVER. SUPERIOR NORTH CENTRAL 11210 12220 12130 11147 12157. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW TUESDAY. DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES OMITTED DUE TO ICE COVER. SUPERIOR SOUTH CENTRAL 12320 12220 11230 11237 12247. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW TUESDAY. DRIZZLE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WAVES OMITTED DUE TO ICE COVER. SUPERIOR EAST 13320 13230 11140 11246. CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY. CHANCE OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WAVES OMITTED DUE TO ICE COVER. $$ JLA