599  
WHUS73 KIWX 080955  
MWWIWX  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
455 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025  
 
LMZ043-046-081800-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.SC.Y.0076.251209T0300Z-251210T0300Z/  
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-  
455 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO  
10 PM EST TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS TONIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND  
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS LATE. WAVES  
BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY  
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY  
EVENING. WAVES 4 TO 8 FEET.  
 
* WHERE...MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY NIGHT  
WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GALE  
FORCE GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS ARE BECOMING LIKELY DURING THIS  
PERIOD. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POTENTIAL GALE  
WATCHES/WARNINGS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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