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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
302 AM CDT Wed May 15 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 around 29.6 inches will move across the Ohio Valley
today, while the surface ridge of 29.9 inches over WI moves
across Lake Michigan tonight. Modest northerly winds over the lake
today will become light and variable tonight.

Light to modest east to southeast winds will then develop for
Thursday and Thursday evening as weakening low pressure around
29.6 inches tracks from northern Minnesota into western Lake
Superior. Light and variable winds are then expected Friday and
Friday night as weak high pressure develops over the lake late on
Friday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-151545-
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-
302 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
late in the evening, then becoming east after midnight becoming
southeast late. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt overnight. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt backing to northeast 10 to
15 kt. Chance of showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 kt becoming northeast. Waves
1 to 2 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-151545-
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-
302 AM CDT Wed May 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt veering to east 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 5 to
10 kt. Showers likely in the evening, then chance of showers
overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Waves 1 to
2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-151545-
MAFOR 1510/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11120 11110 11120 12130 11120 11110 11200. Waves 1
to 3 feet.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11120 14820 11810 12210. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet, then building to 2 to 4 feet today.
Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight.

$$


Gehring

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