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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
210 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE AVERAGING 30.1 INCHES SPANS SOUTHERN
ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HIGH WILL
GRADUALLY SETTLE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
GREAT LAKES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BEFORE MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND BY THURSDAY. FARTHER WEST...LOW PRESSURE OF
29.5 INCHES WILL FORM OVER THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND INTO
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO LATER THIS WEEKEND.

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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.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-190345-
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-
210 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI NORTH

.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT VEERING SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT
OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS OVERNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1
TO 2 FT.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2
TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT THURSDAY EVENING.
.FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.


$$

LMZ080-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-870-872-874-876-878-190345-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 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 PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 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-
210 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI SOUTH

.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT VEERING EAST 10 TO 15 KT.
WAVES 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT LATE.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE. WAVES 1
TO 2 FT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SOUTH. WAVES
1 TO 2 FT.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1
TO 2 FT.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
.SATURDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.


$$

LMZ761-190345-
MAFOR 1821/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12810 11110 11200 11400 13410. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11820 11120 11110 13210 11200 11900. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT TONIGHT AND TO 1 TO 2 FT
WEDNESDAY.

$$

KJB