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marine forecasts for the Great Lakes and the Ontario portion of the
St. Lawrence River issued by Environment Canada Ontario region
at 6.30 PM EDT Saturday 10 may 2008 for the period ending at 6.30 PM
Sunday with an outlook for the following 24 hours.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 3.00 am Sunday.
Note..the small craft warning program is active from may 01 to
October 31.
Winds are for mid lake. Wave heights are for offshore and are
forecast from trough to crest. Nearshore winds and waves may vary
considerably due to shoreline effects.
Western Lake Superior.
Wind variable 10 knots increasing to northeast 15 early Sunday
morning then diminishing to north 10 Sunday afternoon. Scattered
showers developing near midnight. Waves 1 metre or less.
Outlook..light northerlies becoming variable then easterlies.
Eastern Lake Superior.
Wind light and variable increasing to east 10 to 15 knots near
midnight then backing to north 15 to 20 Sunday afternoon. Fair.
Scattered showers beginning Sunday morning. Waves 1 metre or less
building to 1 to 2 late Sunday afternoon.
Outlook..light to moderate northeasterlies backing to light
northerlies.
Whitefish Bay.
Wind light and variable increasing to southeast 10 knots near
midnight then backing to northerlies 15 Sunday afternoon. Fair.
Waves less than 1 metre.
Outlook..light to moderate northeasterlies diminishing to light and
variable.
Northern Lake Huron.
Wind light and variable increasing to southeast 15 knots overnight
then backing to east Sunday near noon. Fair. Waves 1 metre or less.
Outlook..light to moderate northeasterlies backing to northerlies
then to northwesterlies.
Southern Lake Huron.
..strong wind warning in effect..
wind light and variable increasing to southeast 10 to 15 knots near
midnight then to east 20 Sunday morning. Fair. Isolated showers
beginning late Sunday afternoon. Waves 1 metre or less building to 1
to 2 late Sunday morning.
Outlook..moderate to strong easterlies diminishing to light
northerlies then backing to northwesterlies.
Georgian Bay.
Wind light and variable becoming southeast 10 knots overnight then
increasing to 15 to 20 Sunday near noon. Fair. Waves 1 metre or less.
Outlook..moderate easterlies diminishing to light northerlies.
Lake St Clair
Western Lake Erie.
..strong wind warning in effect..
wind light and variable increasing to east 15 knots near midnight
then to southeast 20 overnight. Wind increasing to 25 Sunday morning
then diminishing to 20 late Sunday afternoon. Fair. Showers beginning
Sunday afternoon. Waves 1 metre or less building to near 1 overnight
then to near 2 Sunday morning.
Outlook..moderate to strong southeasterlies diminishing to light to
moderate northeasterlies.
Eastern Lake Erie.
..strong wind warning in effect..
wind light and variable becoming east 10 knots overnight then
increasing to 20 Sunday morning. Fair. Scattered showers beginning
late Sunday afternoon. Waves less than 1 metre building to 1 to
2 Sunday morning.
Outlook..moderate to strong easterlies diminishing to moderate
northeasterlies.
Western Lake Ontario.
..strong wind warning in effect..
wind light and variable increasing to east 10 to 15 knots overnight
then to 25 Sunday midday. Fair. Waves 1 metre or less building to 1
to 2 early Sunday afternoon.
Outlook..moderate to strong easterlies veering to southeasterlies
then diminishing to light to moderate northeasterlies.
Eastern Lake Ontario.
..strong wind warning in effect..
wind west 10 knots becoming variable near midnight then increasing to
southeast 10 to 15 Sunday morning. Wind east 20 to 25 Sunday midday.
Fair. Waves 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 late Sunday afternoon.
Outlook..moderate to strong easterlies veering to moderate
southeasterlies then diminishing to light northeasterlies.
Kingston to Cornwall.
Wind light and variable. Fair.
Outlook..light and variable increasing to light to moderate
northeasterlies.
End
Synopsis.
At 6.30 PM today..northwest to southeast trough average pressure
1008 mb over Massachusetts. Northwest to Southeast Ridge average
pressure 1012 mb through Lake Huron and Lake Erie. 995 mb low over
eastern Kansas.
At 6.30 PM Sunday..991 mb low West Lake Erie. Weak ridge average
pressure 1010 mb extending from Minnesota through Kansas to Texas.
Mafor 1022.
Superior West..12900 12906 13116 11806
waves 1 metre or less
Superior East..12900 13210 12216 11816
waves 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 late Sunday afternoon
Whitefish..12900 14300 11300 11810
waves less than 1 metre
Huron north..13900 13310 12210
waves 1 metre or less
Huron South..Strong wind warning in effect..
12900 13310 13220
waves 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 late Sunday morning
georgian..13900 13300 12320
waves 1 metre or less
St Clair/Erie west..strong wind warning in effect..
12900 11210 12320 12330 11326
waves 1 metre or less building to near 1 overnight then to near 2
Sunday morning
Erie east..strong wind warning in effect..
13900 12200 12320 11326
waves less than 1 metre building to 1 to 2 Sunday morning
Ontario west..strong wind warning in effect..
13900 13210 12230
waves 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 early Sunday afternoon
Ontario east..strong wind warning in effect..
12600 13900 11310 12220
waves 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 late Sunday afternoon
Kingston to Cornwall..16900
End/wz/cg/dm
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