URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 413 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 LEZ142>145-301715- /O.CON.KCLE.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-130130T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KCLE.GL.A.0005.130130T2100Z-130131T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.GL.W.0006.130130T2100Z-130131T1500Z/ MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- 413 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 KNOTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN TO 35 KNOT GALES WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST TODAY AND WEST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON THURSDAY. * WAVES: THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE IS MOSTLY ICE COVERED. STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DETERIORATING AND SHIFTING ICE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.
