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Planning to swim today at Drummond Island? No?

Okay, here at SooToday.com World Headquarters, nobody's planning to skinnydip today at Drummond Island. But just to be safe, we thought we'd pass along these weather messages from the U.S. National Weather Service.
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Okay, here at SooToday.com World Headquarters, nobody's planning to skinnydip today at Drummond Island.

But just to be safe, we thought we'd pass along these weather messages from the U.S. National Weather Service.

At time of writing, no similar warnings had been issued by Environment Canada.

Which doesn't surprise us.

************************** LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE

CHIPPEWA - INCLUDING THE CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE.

RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

THERE IS A RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT ON LAKE HURON BEACHES ALONG M-134, INCLUDING DRUMMOND ISLAND.

AS A REMINDER, RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG, NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW AWAY FROM THE BEACH.

IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL OUT OF THE CURRENT, THEN SWIM BACK TO THE SHORE.

************************** HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

STRAITS OF MACKINAC - ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL - MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT - PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT - STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER - GRAND TRAVERSE BAY - SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG - NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG - SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT - PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT - MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE - WHITEFISH BAY - ST. MARYS RIVER -CHIPPEWA - MACKINAC - EMMET -CHEBOYGAN - PRESQUE ISLE - CHARLEVOIX - LEELANU - ANTRIM - OTSEGO - MONTMORENCY - ALPENA - BENZIE - GRAND TRAVERSE -KALKASKA - CRAWFORD - OSCODA - ALCONA - MANISTEE - WEXFORD - MISSAUKEE - ROSCOMMON - OGEMAW - IOSCO - GLADWIN - ARENAC

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN, EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN, LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

DAY ONE - THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE, AND TONIGHT ON LAKE HURON BEACHES ALONG M-134 EAST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE.

THERE IS CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN - FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY MORNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY.

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