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layoutshooter

layoutshooter

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Anyone traveling through SE Michigan over the next 24 hours should be mindful of the winds. There is a strong west wind blowing. It will be a crosswind on I75 blowing west to east. Gusts over 30MPH are common right now. Be careful.

For those who understand the Great Lakes and it's weather, there is a seiche in progress. Lake levels are dropping fast.
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
layoutshooter said:
Anyone traveling through SE Michigan over the next 24 hours should be mindful of the winds. There is a strong west wind blowing. It will be a crosswind on I75 blowing west to east. Gusts over 30MPH are common right now. Be careful.

For those who understand the Great Lakes and it's weather, there is a seiche in progress. Lake levels are dropping fast.
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you are home...that explains some of the "wind".....LOL
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

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layoutshooter said:
Thank you for the compliment. I won't go into the REAL reason for the storm, you and several others in here would start to cry.

For everyone else, be careful. It is bad right now.
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Just yanking your chain Joe.... but a 30 mph wind is just a breeze where I live...:p
 
layoutshooter

layoutshooter

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Retired Expediter
OntarioVanMan said:
Just yanking your chain Joe.... but a 30 mph wind is just a breeze where I live...:p
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Yanking back. It is the gusts that are the problem. Along with the isolated ice patches. 30MPH is not bad if it sustained. I suspect that we will see higher gusts as well. The weather service is not very good at predicting wind speeds around here. They tend to underestimate most of the time. It is MORE than enough to move Lake Erie. We will likely see a 4 to 6 foot drop in Lake levels over the next 36 hours.

I wonder if there is a problem on I75? there are suddenly a LOT of T/T rigs running on the road in front of my house. WAY more than normal. Not gravel trains either, over the road stuff.
 
layoutshooter

layoutshooter

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Retired Expediter
Heading out into now. Have to get a haircut. Must get all spiffed up so I can look purdy at the Ducks Unlimited Dinner on Saturday. The more purdy I be the more money we make. I was REAL purdy last year, this year will be better!
 
Slo-Ride

Slo-Ride

Veteran Expediter
layoutshooter said:
Lake levels are dropping fast.
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A little slack in the dock lines maybe in order for some that jumped the gun and put the boats in.

See More Weather Alerts for MI
Low Water Advisory for Michigan Waters Of Lake Erie From Detroit River To North Cape Mi, MI

from 10 am EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013 until 10 pm EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013


Issued by The National Weather Service
Detroit, MI
9:22 am EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013
... GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ... LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING... EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 36 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET.
* TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EDT TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EDT TUESDAY.
A LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO DROP 20 INCHES BELOW LOW WATER DATUM OR ABOUT 10 INCHES BELOW THE CRITICAL MARK FOR SAFE NAVIGATION. LOW WATER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL.
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 LOW WATER ADVISORY MEANS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TRANSIT AT THE SLOWEST SAFE NAVIGABLE SPEED TO MINIMIZE IMPACT.
 
cheri1122

cheri1122

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Driver
Just rolled south on 75 from Toledo to Bowling Green, and the wind gusts are scary! :eek:
At least it quit snowing.....
 
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mjmsprt40

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I drove through those winds in Iowa yesterday, US 20 to and from Waterloo. Heavy gusts and blowing snow across open prairie make for interesting driving.

The problem with Lake Erie isn't the lowering water levels when the wind is blowing. The problem is that water is going to come back after the storm. Seiche waves can be serious business, on the order of small tidal waves.
 
layoutshooter

layoutshooter

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mjmsprt40 said:
I drove through those winds in Iowa yesterday, US 20 to and from Waterloo. Heavy gusts and blowing snow across open prairie make for interesting driving.

The problem with Lake Erie isn't the lowering water levels when the wind is blowing. The problem is that water is going to come back after the storm. Seiche waves can be serious business, on the order of small tidal waves.
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Have lived through both. The lowering levels are bad too. It can make it impossible to get off the Lake in many places. There will be NO water at all.
 
layoutshooter

layoutshooter

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Slo-Ride said:
A little slack in the dock lines maybe in order for some that jumped the gun and put the boats in.

See More Weather Alerts for MI
Low Water Advisory for Michigan Waters Of Lake Erie From Detroit River To North Cape Mi, MI

from 10 am EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013 until 10 pm EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013


Issued by The National Weather Service
Detroit, MI
9:22 am EDT, Tue., Mar. 19, 2013
... GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ... LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* WIND AND WAVES: DURING THE GALE WARNING... EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 27 KNOTS FROM THE WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 36 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 5 FEET WITH A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF 7 FEET.
* TIMING: THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EDT TUESDAY WITH THE LARGEST WAVES EXPECTED AROUND 4 PM EDT TUESDAY.
A LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO DROP 20 INCHES BELOW LOW WATER DATUM OR ABOUT 10 INCHES BELOW THE CRITICAL MARK FOR SAFE NAVIGATION. LOW WATER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR GREATER DETAIL.
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 LOW WATER ADVISORY MEANS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TRANSIT AT THE SLOWEST SAFE NAVIGABLE SPEED TO MINIMIZE IMPACT.
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This is a storm that closely resembles the "gales of November". ANY boat that is in one of the affected marinas will be sitting on mud.

The wind is REALLY cookin' out there right now. They got it wrong, again. MUCH higher than predicted. I could buy it's 30 knots or better out there. WAY higher than the 25mph they said this morning.
 
Slo-Ride

Slo-Ride

Veteran Expediter
Sitting up here just North of Detroit the winds dont seem that bad..Breezy/windy yes but nothing like you or even my wife is saying..She just called and said it was real bad..Maybe Im just sheltered where I am sitting.
 
cheri1122

cheri1122

Veteran Expediter
Driver
At the Petro [mm 167] the truck is rocking & the wind is just howling!

That reminds me - anyone else ever hear the wind behind parked trucks making a kind of musical sound? I used to hear it sometimes, walking the dog, and it was like whale songs, I think - odd, but cool.
This wind isn't cool at all!
 
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