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It's starting to get nasty here. Could get up to 15" of snow by tomorrow night. Not a good time to be on Lake Michigan either.
Today
South winds to 30 knots veering southwest gales to 35 knots...then veering northwest gales to 40 knots late in the day. Snow showers...sleet and rain until midday...then snow showers in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 5 to 8 feet.
Tonight
West gales to 45 knots. Snow showers. Waves 10 to 15 feet.
Thursday
West gales to 40 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves 10 to 15 feet.
Thursday Night
West gales to 35 knots. Snow showers. Waves 12 to 16 feet.

Time to break out the snowmobiles.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

We have about 10 inchs of snow on the ground and still snowing and blowing at 30+ MPH.

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1998 Baja Boss 252 7.4L MPI Bravo 1 (SOLD)
2007 FW H200SS 5.0GXI (Sold)
2004 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew 6.0L (tow vehicle)
1991 FW 170 Freedom 4.3L (SOLD)

Here's the forecast for Lake Erie:

THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
915 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND
INCREASING TO STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 45 KNOTS. OCCASIONAL RAIN
SHOWERS CHANGING TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE. WAVES BUILDING
TO 13 TO 17 FEET.
.TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO
GALES TO 45 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES 18 TO
23 FEET.
.THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 35 KNOTS. SNOW
SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 16 TO
21 FEET.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 30 KNOTS
OVERNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 11 TO
15 FEET.


Toledo has a low water advisory.

Nothing but rain in Cleveland now, turning to snow tonight.

I expect that weather in those parts.

Here in KC, the northern parts of the city got 4-5 inches of snow but some towns an hour or so away in northern/northwest Missouri got 15-18 inches of snow. On top of that, we are going to top out at about 12 degrees today and go to -3 tonight. Wind chills are already well below zero, headed even lower for the next day or so.

To think I just took a boat ride at 35 degrees last weekend to heat my fluids up for changing at winterization. I had drained my block, but not done the rest of my winterization prior to last weekend. Thank god I got that done over the weekend and filled with AF. I'd be a nervous kid right now-wondering if I got all the water out of the block for the hard freeze we are getting now.

Gotta love the Midwest. I haven't seen the forecast, but I'm guessing it will probably be 50 or warmer within 7 days.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Ardy will be along any minute now....

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Regards
Beyond the Blue

"If we improve with age I'm now excellent"


Ex 1998 238 Vista 5.0Gi SX DP
Lexus RX300

No, snow, but $hit cold in the all-year-round-boating-season of Seattle. It was in the 'teens for the last few nights.

I've got a cabin heater and a bilge heater running full tilt keeping the temps above 40. Thankfully, the lake is the best insulator and that stays around 45-50 degrees regardless of the air temp.

And... the wife and I are in Maui. Not dealing with any of the cold.
High of 83, low of 73.

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

We were lucky....sort of....only caught the edge of that midwest storm that most of you are dealing with. We got 10" of snow and about a half inch of rain on top of it. That kinda made it a little heavy..

Has anyone seen my arms....

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2010 H190 4.3VP
Tow Vehicle:
2007 F150
Previous boats:
2009 H180 3.0VP
1996 Horizon QX 3.0VP

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

For fear of being linched by all the folk in the Northern Hemispere, I shall sit tight lipped in a very pleasant December day

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Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc

And this is warmer than it has been for the last couple days...

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Rob
2007 Four Winns 180 Horizon

NO snow here...yet..but getting colder...down to the 20s tonight...but with the moderating effect of Long Island Sound we don't get as much snow as they do inland...but we do get freezing rain and ice several times a winter...I'll say the best thing I ever did for dealing with winter is buy a couple of 4 wheel drives....and a little Toro single stage snow blower...that thing cleans down to the pavement and requires next to no maintenance...nice little Suzuki 2 stroke and belt drive...
conditions in Western LI Sound:
http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/wlisgw_wx.html
Local Forecast:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... &map.y=254

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp?zipcode=holyhead

Looking a bit breezy next weekend; especially if you click the "detail" button.

Graham

I would suggest that we invite Al Gore to comment on this thread but the fact that it is snowing in Copenhagen, I would assume he is no mood to partake in this conversation. Cap and Trade is going to hurt the boating industry and the democrats have 60 and it will pass if you all don't say something. I don't have to worry about my reps but what about you?

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

Ah,
I see the website forecast I posted has been amended; earlier it was for winds of 348 mph, with gusts up to 440 mph!

Graham

And we thought it couldn't get colder. New forcast for Winnipeg...

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Rob
2007 Four Winns 180 Horizon