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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:57 pm 
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At least not for a day or two. Lake Michigan will be showing it's fury. I'll take some pictures from shore hopefully tomorrow. Here is the near shore forecast. :shock:

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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS VEERING WEST GALES TO
40 KNOTS LATE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO STORM FORCE WINDS TO
50 KNOTS TOWARD DAYBREAK. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WAVES 10 TO 14 FEET.
.MONDAY...WEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS. SHOWERS AND A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY...THEN SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. WAVES 14 TO 18 FEET.
.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST GALES TO 45 KNOTS. SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES
12 TO 16 FEET.
.TUESDAY...NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS DECREASING TO 30 KNOTS.
SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 8 TO 12 FEET SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET LATE IN
THE DAY.

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LouC
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:14 pm 
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Scary stuff! we have seen 8-10 ft waves and 40-60 mph gusts here in Long Island Sound in a good nor'easter....that sounds worse....now on the ocean off the south shore of LI that's another story....

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Winns For Life
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:38 pm 
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That sound like a mess.

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St. Louis Dave
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:12 pm 
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I try to remember my camera and take some pix in Grand Haven tomorrow. Should be quite a show on the pier.

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MichaelB
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:38 pm 
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Not good. I went down to the marina today to check my lines and put out some extra fenders. wind advisories out for us as well.

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robbo3
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:08 pm 
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We were down by the Milwaukee lakefront this afternoon and it didn't look much better on this side. Only one fool was out, but it looked like he was headed back to the harbor, taking a pounding along the way.

I tell you, that smell along the shoreline is nasty. There's no way you'd find me in that water. I've seen some pictures from the other coast and it looks like a different world on the east side of the lake.

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97_245_sd
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:09 pm 
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Just took our boat out Friday, looks like just in time.

Here is a link to a webcam from Holland, MI for any of you who want to watch the nasty stuff from somewhere inside!

http://spyglasshill.com/Webcam/Default.htm

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firecadet613
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:13 pm 
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Thats no fun.

Hows the sale of your boat going?

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:57 pm 
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97_245_sd wrote:
Just took our boat out Friday, looks like just in time.



Friday was a pretty good day here. might have been a good day to take it to storage in Grand Haven with this storm approaching and rain forecasted for much of the week. We stayed on the boat Friday night, and it was a nice evening at the marina. The dozen or so of us die hards that are still there, cooked ribs, chicken and fried potatoes for a nice community meal. we will probably wait right up until mid October to put the boat away as usual. Just have to pick a day with calmer conditions than the next few days. The lake is still in the mid to upper 60's and the water is clear over here. Last weekend, the air temp was in the mid 70's and we were out on Lake Michigan all day, swimming , sunning and took a cruise north to Whitehall saturday. That might be the last real good day we will have this season.

Here are a couple of pics from last weekend, and we can compare what Lake Michigan looked like then to what it will look like tomorrow.

Muskegon State Park Beach
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Entrance to Muskegon Channel
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joet
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:57 am 
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Not to much different for Lake Erie and it looks like Toledo will be sending water to Buffalo.

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...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY...

.TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS INCREASING TO GALES TO 40 KNOTS.
RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 5 TO 7
FEET BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FEET. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS TODAY.
.TONIGHT...WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS. RAIN SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 11 TO 15 FEET.
.TUESDAY...WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST TO 30 KNOTS IN
THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WATERSPOUTS ALSO POSSIBLE. WAVES 12 TO 16 FEET SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY. WAVES 6 TO 9 FEET SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET.
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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:35 am 
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Nothing much yet. From the web cam on the CG station.

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Maybe it will pick up later this afternoon for some better pictures.

You can monitor the Grand Haven Surf Cam here if bored today.

http://surfgrandhaven.com/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=55

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Winns For Life
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:36 pm 
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The good news, it's blowing the leaves out of my yard. Yahoo!!

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cougarcruiser
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:39 pm 
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I want to see pics of 10+ foot waves on a lake! holy smokes!

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:13 pm 
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It was a bit tough to get many real good ones, as it was 45 mph winds and raining real hard. I had to keep wiping the lens in between each shot. You really had to be there to experience how big the waves were.

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230 Mike
 Post subject: Re: No boating for us
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:53 pm 
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I would think it'd be downright scary to see waves like that.

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