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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
926 AM CDT Fri May 24 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...

High pressure around 29.9 inches continues to push into the
eastern Great Lakes early this morning. Meanwhile light and
variable winds early this morning will turn east to southeasterly
as warm front lifts northward through the afternoon as a
deepening low pressure around 29.4 inches lift into the Upper
Midwest this evening. This will then drag a cold front across
Lake MI overnight tonight turning winds more westerly int
Saturday. Also accompanying these frontal boundaries will be
rounds of thunderstorms today, but ending later this evening.
High pressure around 29.9 inches will then move across Lake
Michigan for Saturday afternoon and evening before another low
pressure lifts across the region Sunday. Next week is likely to
start off with northwesterly winds as the low lifts out of the
Upper Great Lakes region.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-242115-
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-
926 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms this
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 25 kt veering to southwest. Numerous
showers and scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then
scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves 2 to
4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming east. Waves 1 to
2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 25 kt becoming southeast.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Showers likely. Waves 3 to
5 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves
2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-242115-
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-
926 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Showers and
scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt veering to west. Numerous
showers and scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then
scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt backing to south 10 to
15 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft
building to 3 to 5 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt veering to southwest.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 4 to
6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.

$$

LMZ761-242115-
MAFOR 2416/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11210 11220 11230 19239 12336 19339 11430 19439
11520 19526 11620. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4
feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Saturday
morning.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11320 19326 11320 19329 11326 19329 12426 19429
11520 11620 11720. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4
feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Saturday
morning.

$$


Gehring

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