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

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.2 INCHES ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT
LAKES AND THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
TONIGHT WHILE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS TO 29.3 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN. THIS LOW THEN MOVES 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...LOW PRESSURE 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.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-140930-
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-
844 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AND BECOMING SOUTHEAST. SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING
TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. 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 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT THEN 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.
$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-140930-
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-
844 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT AND BECOMING SOUTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KT.
WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT VEERING TO SOUTHWEST.
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.

$$
LMZ761-140930-
MAFOR 1403/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11416 19426 11426 11326 11320 19420 12420 12310.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT
TONIGHT.


MICHIGAN SOUTH 11316 19326 11426 12420 11410 12310 11420. WAVES
1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT TONIGHT.

$$