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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
846 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE OF 29.7 INCHES IN SOUTHWESTERN QUEBEC
WILL BE MOVING EAST TOWARD THE UPPER ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY
OVERNIGHT...AND THEN ON TO THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE BY LATER
MONDAY. AS IT DOES IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT DOWN THE LENGTH OF
LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE
OF 30.1 INCHES WILL BUILD FROM CENTRAL CANADA AND THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TO ONTARIO...THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
BY MONDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION
MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HIGH WILL THEN DOMINATE THE GREAT LAKES REGION
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
AVERAGING 29.7 INCHES WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND OVER THE
PLAINS.

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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.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-171015-
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-
846 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 10 KT VEERING TO
NORTH. ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM.
WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
.MONDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. WAVES LESS THAN
2 FT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT
BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.
.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY
TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT VEERING TO SOUTHWEST
5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO
15 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS BUILDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST
AROUND 10 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
.FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES AROUND 1 FT.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-171015-
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-
846 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT DIMINISHING TO 5
TO 10 KT. WAVES LESS THAN 2 FT.
.MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 1O KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
DURING THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO
2 FT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT VEERING TO NORTH IN THE
EVENING...THEN NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 KT.
WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING EAST AROUND
10 KT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SOUTH. WAVES
LESS THAN 2 FT.
.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST. WAVES
NEARLY CALM.
.FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES NEARLY CALM.

$$
LMZ761-171015-
MAFOR 1703/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12500 19800 11800 12100 13210 ISOLATED SHOWERS
TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM...CHANCE OF
SHOWERS MON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. WAVE 2 FT
OR LESS.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 14500 11510 13410 SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.

$$