####018006310#### FNUS73 KAPX 281127 FWSAPX Spot Forecast for M/V American Mariner...USCG National Weather Service Gaylord MI 727 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on March 28. If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Low pressure on James and Hudson Bays, and high pressure in the lower Ohio Valley, is maintaining brisk west-southwest winds in the region. Those winds will finally diminish beginning late this afternoon, eventually veering to light west northwest winds this evening. Waves on this portion of Munuscong (Mud) Lake will max out at around a foot through mid afternoon today, then subside into tonight. Scattered light snow showers and flurries will continue through early Friday. For enroute and areal forecasts please contact Gaylord MI. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Scattered snow showers. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Chance of thunder...1 percent. Max temperature.....Around 34. Surface winds.......West winds 10 to 12 knots. Ceiling (kft).......4.5 decreasing to 3.5 in the late morning and early afternoon, then increasing to 4.5 late in the afternoon. Visibility (sm).....10. Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet. Wave period.........2 seconds. Freezing Spray......None. Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wave Direction......257. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........95 92 88 85 90 95 100 100 100 100 Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............29 28 29 31 32 33 33 34 34 34 Ceiling (kft)...4.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Surface wnd dir.SW W W W W W W W W W Surface wnd spd.11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 Surface wnd gst.15 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 Wave Direction..250 250 250 250 260 260 260 260 260 260 Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Freezing spray.. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered snow showers early in the evening, then scattered flurries early in the evening. Isolated snow showers overnight. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Chance of thunder...1 percent. Min temperature.....Around 26. Surface winds.......West winds 5 to 9 knots. Ceiling (kft).......4.5 increasing to 12. Visibility (sm).....10. Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet. Wave period.........2 seconds. Freezing Spray......None. Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wave Direction......280. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........95 91 86 82 79 75 77 79 81 78 75 73 Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............33 33 32 30 30 30 29 29 29 28 27 27 Ceiling (kft)...4.5 4.5 6.5 8.5 10 12 13 13 14 13 12 12 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Surface wnd dir.W W W NW NW NW W W W W W W Surface wnd spd.9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 Surface wnd gst.14 14 14 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 Wave Direction..270 270 270 290 290 290 290 290 290 280 280 280 Wave period (s).2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Freezing spray.. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 36. Surface winds.......Northwest winds 7 to 12 knots. Ceiling (kft).......11 decreasing to 4.2. Visibility (sm).....10 in the morning and early afternoon. Wave Height.........Waves calm to 2 feet. Wave period.........2 seconds. Freezing Spray......None. Lake Surface Temp...32 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wave Direction......300. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........69 66 63 65 67 69 79 73 66 60 53 47 Weather cov.....ISO ISO Weather type....SW SW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............27 26 28 28 30 31 32 33 33 34 35 35 Ceiling (kft)...11 9.2 8.0 6.7 5.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Surface wnd dir.W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Surface wnd spd.8 8 8 9 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 Surface wnd gst.11 11 11 13 13 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 Wave Direction..280 280 280 290 290 290 300 300 300 300 300 300 Wave period (s).1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Freezing spray.. $$ Forecaster...JZ Requested by...OS2 Mighell Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2408707.0/APX .DELDT 03/28/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL isaiah.b.mighell@uscg.mil