* WHAT…For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, heavy freezing
spray at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater occurring, and may
rapidly accumulate on vessels. For the Small Craft Advisory,
west winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and waves up to
3 ft occurring.
* WHERE…Upper Entrance of Portage Canal to Eagle River MI.
* WHEN…For the Heavy Freezing Spray Warning, until 7 AM EST
Friday. For the Small Craft Advisory, until 4 AM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS…Operating a vessel in heavy freezing spray is
hazardous. Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic
components inoperative. Rapid ice accretion on decks and
superstructures may result in a catastrophic loss of stability.
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.