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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
256 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2026
LMZ740-777-150930-
256 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2026
..A GUST FRONT APPROACHING THE WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR...
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR OUT TO MID
LAKE...
AT 254 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A GUST FRONT, CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A NORTHWESTERLY WIND SHIFT TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THIS GUST
FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 NM WEST OF ELGIN TO
17 NM NORTHEAST OF WIND PT., MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINTHROP HARBOR AND WAUKEGAN HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND LOCALLY
HIGHER WAVES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL
THE WINDS DIMINISH.
LAT...LON 4246 8702 4212 8696 4211 8760 4208 8768
4214 8775 4227 8783 4248 8780
RC
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