Moderate drizzle
74° / 58°
Level 1
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A Bit of a Lump
The lake fidgeted. The pier pretended not to notice.
The deckhand — keeps one eye on the bar and one on the sky
Watch bill
This evening and tonight: Remains A Bit of a Lump (Level 1). The deckhand — keeps one eye on the bar and one on the sky.
Official notices
No active watches, warnings, or advisories on this stretch.
Source: National Weather Service
From the glass
71°
Air
4.8 mph
Wind
11.2 mph
Gusts
38%
Humidity
Overcast
- Overcast
Orders for this watch
Small boats keep an eye on the sky. Hats stay on. Plans may still proceed.
The keeper notes: “A lump off the mouth. Not a story yet. Keep looking.”
The marks on the glass
0
Fine
→
1
Lump
→
2
Small craft
→
3
Gale
→
4
Below
→
5
Harbor
The next few hours
12 AM
62°
1 AM
61°
2 AM
60°
3 AM
59°
4 AM
59°
5 AM
58°
6 AM
59°
7 AM
61°
8 AM
61°
1%
9 AM
63°
2%
10 AM
65°
11 AM
67°
Looking ahead
Moderate rain
70° / 64°
Moderate drizzle
77° / 59°
Talk of the lakes
A few working words, so a remark in the log means what it does on the water.
- The glass
- The barometer. A falling glass means trouble is making up.
- Fetch
- How far the wind has to work on the water. A long fetch builds a larger sea.
- The bar
- The shallow water at a harbor mouth, where a short steep sea can stand up.
- Lump / chop
- A short, steep sea. Uncomfortable, not yet a gale.
- Small craft
- Boats that feel a Small Craft Advisory first — open boats, daysailers, tenders.
- Watch
- A four-hour trick of duty, and also NWS language: conditions may become hazardous.
- Weather eye
- Keep looking. The lake changes its mind without asking.
- Lee
- The sheltered side. Seek the lee of the land, not the open fetch.
- All hands below
- Off the deck. Ashore. The lake is no longer a place of work.
- GLF
- The NWS Great Lakes forecast. Echo still has the full product when you need the fine print.
The full standing orders — including Watch versus Warning — are in the guide.
Official equivalents for this level
- No alert
- Elevated nearshore chop
Data from Open-Meteo; alerts from National Weather Service. Logged 8:21 PM.
This station is inland of the charted lakes. The log will still read the sky; the marine products live in Echo Weather when you are on the water.