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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
312 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON Lake Michigan.

Waves are provided as a range of significant wave heights, which
is the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave, along with the
average height of the highest 10% of the waves which will
occasionally be encountered.

.SYNOPSIS...

Low pressure of 29.4 inches will slowly move across northern
lower Michigan and Lake Huron today. As the low moves into lower
Michigan breezy northwest winds will be expected for the remainder
of the day. West to northwest flow will persist into mid week,
with winds gradually weakening over time as high pressure around
30.2 inches eventually builds into the region. The high will hold
strong into the early weekend with light to modest north winds
from Wednesday through at least Friday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-271530-
Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the
Mackinac Bridge and north of a line from Charlevoix MI to South
Fox Island 5 NM offshore-
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI-
Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
312 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...North winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest to 30 kt.
Patchy fog. Scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
this morning, then scattered showers this afternoon. Waves 4 to
6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers in
the evening. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 kt becoming northwest 10 to
15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-271530-
Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore
to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
312 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest to 30 kt.
Patchy fog this morning. Isolated showers this afternoon. Waves
3 to 5 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north.
Chance of showers in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to
2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 2 to
4 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-271530-
MAFOR 2710/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11136 11830 19836 11846 11740 19746 11730 19736
12730 11720. Waves 3 to 5 feet today. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding
to 1 to 3 feet tonight.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11630 11640 12740 11730 11720 12710. A chance of
showers tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 6 feet today.
Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight.

$$


Kuroski

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