...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Expect sustained winds up to 28 knots from the south
with gusts up to 38 knots expected.

* WHERE...Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI.

* WHEN...The maximum winds are expected around 4 PM EST Friday
with the largest waves expected around 5 PM EST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.

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...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH GREATER INTENSITY AND LOWER
VISIBILITY EARLY THIS EVENING...

HAZARDS...Heavy snow showers accompanied by winds of up to 30 MPH
rapidly reduce visibility to near a quarter of a mile.

LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...At 607 PM EST, the heavy snow showers were
along a line extending from near Merrill to near Mason to Ann Arbor
and moving northeast at 40 MPH.

THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE NEAR...
Fowlerville, Canton, Northville, Morrice and Bridgeport
around 620 PM EST.
Saginaw, Zilwaukee and Flint around 625 PM EST.
Livonia, Bay City, Essexville, Cohoctah, Byron, Bancroft and
Munger around 630 PM EST.
Durand and Gaines around 635 PM EST.
Southfield, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Linden and Detroit Zoo around
640 PM EST.
Troy, Fenton, Swartz Creek and Lake Fenton around 645 PM EST.

This includes the following highways...
I-75 between mile markers 60 and 160.
I-475 between mile markers 1 and 16.
I-675 between mile markers 1 and 7.
I-96 between mile markers 125 and 180.
I-696 between mile markers 1 and 18.
I-69 between mile markers 99 and 161.
US-23 between mile markers 36 and 90.

SAFETY INFO... Travel conditions can deteriorate rapidly due to low
visibility and wet road and becoming snow covered. Slow down and
allow extra time to reach your destination.

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TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 237DEG 45KT 4335 8426 4261 8439 4225 8373