Expires:200910070415;Remove:200910070415;628778 WHUS41 KBUF 062004 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 404 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2009 ...WATER RISES EXPECTED AT THE NORTHEAST END OF LAKE ERIE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TONIGHT THEN PASS JUST NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE REACHING NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT TRAILING THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS WESTERN NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT. THE TRACK OF THIS STRONG LOW JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA IS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BLOWING UP THE LENGTH OF LAKE ERIE WILL RESULT IN WATER RISES AT THE NORTHEAST END OF THE LAKE NEAR BUFFALO. THE LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE...BUT WILL STILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WATER RISES. LHZ345-347>349-LMZ323-342-344>346-070415- /O.UPG.KAPX.GL.A.0006.091007T0300Z-091007T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.GL.W.0012.091007T0300Z-091007T1600Z/ STRAITS OF MACKINAC WITHIN 5NM OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING MACKINAC ISLAND- 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI- GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- 404 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$