FZUS81 KCLE 232033 ICELIO GREAT LAKES ICE OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 330 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011 THE GREAT LAKES WILL SEE AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A SERIES OF FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE REGION. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN LAKES TONIGHT WHILE ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN LAKES BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SWING ACROSS THE CENTRAL LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN LAKES SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...BUT THEN ANOTHER QUICK MOVING LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LAKES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN LAKES. THE FAST MOVING SYSTEMS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKES SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST TONIGHT WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS BECOME LIGHT EARLY TONIGHT THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE. ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKES SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO TURN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHERN LAKES WHERE WINDS MAY TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SLOW TO NO ICE GROWTH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE SLOW GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN LAKES. THERE ARE NO NEW ICE REPORTS. $$ ABE