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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
249 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.2 INCHES LIES OVER CENTRAL LAKE
MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN TO
29.3 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE
EAST TO JAMES BAY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE OF 29.9 INCHES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THURSDAY...AND
INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER LOW OF
29.5 INCHES DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY...LIFTING
NORTHEAST TO MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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WAVES ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS...WHICH
IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG
WITH THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 10 PERCENT OF THE WAVES
WHICH WILL OCCASIONALLY BE ENCOUNTERED.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-140430-
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-
249 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH

.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM LATE EVENING ON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING
TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY
TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT VEERING TO SOUTHWEST.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY
TO 8 FT.
.WEDNESDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO
20 KT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE. WAVES
1 TO 2 FT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS.
.FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-140430-
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-
249 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH

.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KT.
WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING WEST. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY
TO 8 FT.
.WEDNESDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10
KT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT
LATE.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 2 FT OR
LESS.
.THURSDAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS.
.FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS.
.SATURDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.

$$

LMZ761-140430-
MAFOR 1321/
MICHIGAN NORTH 13420 12430 13420. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT. WAVES
1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11300 11310 11320 13430 12420. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
TONIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8
FT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

$$

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