Here's an uncommon weather warning:
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1017 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014
LMZ844>849-242330-
/O.CON.KGRR.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140125T0300Z/
/O.CON.KGRR.UP.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140125T0300Z/
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-
1017 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO 45 KNOT GALES INTO LATE AFTERNOON... THEN
DIMINISHING TO 35 KNOT GALES EARLY TONIGHT. WINDS THEN BECOMING
NORTHWEST TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING.
* WAVES...FROM 14 TO 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
DIMINISHING TO 6 TO 10 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* FREEZING SPRAY...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED INTO THIS
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. 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.
A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING MEANS HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE ON VESSELS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN
BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NAVIGATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT
MARINERS NOT TRAINED TO OPERATE IN THESE CONDITIONS OR VESSELS
NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO DO SO...REMAIN IN PORT OR AVOID THE
WARING AREA.
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Conditions are rapidly deteriorating again here in SW lower Michigan. We're under a Winter Storm Warning until 7 am tomorrow. It's been a really crappy winter so far and it doesn't look like it's going to moderate any time soon. I'm sending my student worker home within the hour because she's got a 15 mile drive west towards Lake Michigan and it's clouding up here in Grand Rapids & the winds are gusting past 40 mph. Once it starts snowing, you won't be able to see 5 feet in front of your face. Wind chills are between -10 & -25F. Brrrrr.
Everybody stay safe!
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