Get those Apaches ready!!!!
 

Looks like there's going to be a high incidence of "Apache Water" in Chicago tomorrow!!! Check the forecast!


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CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
344 AM CDT THU OCT 30 2014

STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT


TODAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT. PARTLY SUNNY. WAVES AROUND
1 FT.

TONIGHT
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NORTHWEST TO 30 KT
LATE. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT BY MORNING.

FRIDAY
WINDS QUICKLY BECOMING NORTH STORM FORCE TO 50 KT IN
THE MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES QUICKLY
BUILDING TO 18 TO 23 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 28 FT BY AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY NIGHT
NORTH GALES TO 45 KT DIMINISHING TO WINDS TO 30 KT
BY MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. WAVES
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 16 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 20 FT BY
MORNING

Sorry, but 18-23 feet waves are for Baja and Donzi owners only... I saw it on the interwebs.
And, since its 37*, I'll add the caveat that wave height means little without consideration of frequency.
Winter. It's here. :food-smiley-007::food-smiley-007:

I was going to go out tomorrow, but I think I'll wait until it lays down to 12-16s. Otherwise my microwave might fall out.

I'm getting the ol 18' StarCraft tuned up tonight!! Can't wait!!

3pointstar

If I had $633 burning a hole in my pocket, and a GPS beacon, I'd buy a Mustang life jacket and a boat off CL and join you.

Someones gotta tell that Cig guy who never spilt a beer

too bad i gotta work tomorrow

I write you an excuse

3pointstar

Its an inland lake how bad can they really be?

21.7 recorded

Wheels up @ 7:00 am Keywest here we come

Mark

Looks like we are in for the same...


http://i62.tinypic.com/2v9owpd.jpg

Well its good to see its only sprinkles :drink:

Took this video today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xkb6lpg51c

Have a safe trip my friend!

Just curious what were they in the video 7'-8'?

The video kinda doesnt do the wave heights justice. In person, standing there, really gave me a much better perspective on how nasty it was out there. I could look out as far as the eye can see towards the horizon, and still see swells up/down. I don't know what they were exactly from a NOAA buoy measurement, but I would say well into the teens.

That's crazy, couldn't even imagine!

NOAA buoy mid lake maxed at 21 feet just before noon but was in teens a good part of the day. As of now southern Lake Huron is kicking up 15 footers at buoy off Goedrich

Time to fire up the ol 10 hp Evinrude!!!

3pointstar

my back hurts just watching that video.just a little snotty out there.

Videos never do waves justice, trust me Lake Michigan makes some HUGE waves!

They do lose some height in the shallow water crashing onto shore, hard to carry a 21' wave in 3' of water depth......

Speaking of bigger water and Apaches always brings me back to this video....

http://youtu.be/ttN2stWdoeg