Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
747
FZUS63 KMKX 291814 AAA
GLFLM

OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan...UPDATED
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
114 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 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...
Updated to add Marine Dense Fog Advisory for the north half.

Low pressure around 29.7 inches over southern Minnesota will lift
through Lake Superior early Tuesday. The warm front of this low
pressure currently rests over northern Lake Michigan, and will
slowly lift northward this afternoon through early Tuesday. Areas
of dense fog are occurring over the north half of the lake, which
will linger into mid evening. South winds are expected south of
the front today, with gusty east winds north of the front,
especially in the northern quarter of the lake. East gusts
approaching gale force are possible over the far northern tip of
the lake. A weak cold front will push eastward through the lake
late tonight into Tuesday, bringing light southwesterly winds.
Winds shift south and remain light into Tuesday.

Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm or two are
expected today. Storms are not expected to be strong at this
time.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-868-292115-
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 Pentwater to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
114 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI NORTH...

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to
25 kt. Areas of dense fog. Slight chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 3
to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt becoming southwest 10 to 20 kt
late in the evening, then diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight becoming southwest 10 to 15 kt late. Chance of rain
showers in the evening. Patchy fog. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to
1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast 10 to
15 kt. Chance of rain showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to east
5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of rain showers. Waves
1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to
4 ft.

$$

LMZ567-292115-
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
114 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI SOUTH TO SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER
MI...

.REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog. Slight
chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to
15 kt. Chance of rain showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt backing to east. Waves
1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southeast. Showers
likely. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Chance of
showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-292115-
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-
114 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog. Slight
chance of rain showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt backing to south. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south.
Chance of rain showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east 10 to
15 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southeast 15 to
25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Showers
likely. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ761-292115-
MAFOR 2919 AMD/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12334 11420 14510. A chance of showers this
evening. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet this
afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight.
Waves 2 feet or less Tuesday morning.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11420 11520 11510 14610. Waves 1 to 3 feet this
afternoon and tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Tuesday morning.

$$


Cronce

Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at
weather.gov/mkx/glftable

Graphical marine forecasts are available online at:
weather.gov/greatlakes