Lake Michigan forecast

[dartag]

Glad i stayed home from the NBAA on Muskegon.  Although I would love to see 20 foot waves.

LAKE MICHIGAN FROM Pentwater TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
248 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KT BECOMING NORTH AND
INCREASING TO 55 KT DURING THE LATE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY.
WAVES 6 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 15 TO 20 FT.
.FRIDAY...NORTH STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO GALES
TO 40 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 15 TO 20 FT
SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 16 FT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH GALES TO 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT
OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 12 TO 16 FT SUBSIDING
TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE.
.SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 7 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN THE

[djkimmel]

No you wouldn't. At least not close up!

[stackenem]

winds like that might even ruffle the water at Skegemog. Hopeing for sunny and nice for Sunday.

[djkimmel]

I don't think the really heavy stuff is going to blow in for quite some time...

(disclaimer - I'm not going anywhere near Lake Michigan tomorrow )

Day one of the NBAA Fall Classic was wisely canceled after the Coast Guard said yes, there are gale warnings and 50 knot winds are expected in the morning. When I left, they were trying to get Jack to agree to go out on the pier tomorrow to get some pictures of the 15 to 20 foot waves!!

Hopefully, NO ONE goes out on any of the piers tomorrow. It will be a bad decision. I expect there will be some pretty good waves rolling right down the middle of Muskegon too!

One day tournament Saturday now with the status of Lake Michigan to be determined at the meeting Saturday morning.

[TCook]

Here are a few pics I took from st joe today, it was raging out there!

These are 14-18 footers, 20-25 footers off shore today





To get a scope of the size of these waves compare to the people on the pier.