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FZUS73 KLOT 261506
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1006 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
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1006 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
..A FRONT OVER THE WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO CALUMET HARBOR...
OPEN WATERS FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID
LAKE...
AT 1005 AM CDT, A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD OUT OF WISCONSIN.
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SWITCH OUT OF THE
NORTH AND INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KNOTS. THIS FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 NM SOUTHEAST OF WIND PT. TO 7 NM EAST OF
WINTHROP HARBOR TO 8 NM WEST OF PLEASANT PRAIRIE, MOVING SOUTH AT 20
KNOTS. THIS FRONT WILL BE NEAR WILMETTE HARBOR AROUND 11 AM AND
CHICAGO BY NOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES, AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4245 8702 4213 8696 4179 8697 4173 8711
4170 8727 4171 8733 4176 8740 4173 8753
4178 8758 4188 8762 4189 8760 4190 8762
4206 8767 4214 8775 4227 8783 4248 8780
CARLAW
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