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OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN

.SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...AVERAGING 29.4 INCHES...
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AS HIGH PRESSURE
AVERAGING 30.4 INCHES OVER EASTERN CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND MOVES
OUT TO SEA. THIS LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD UP THE LAKE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. THE LOW SHOULD THEN DRIFT EASTWARD LAKE MICHIGAN
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

//

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.


LMZ261-362-364-563-191015-
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 ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

STURGEON BAY WI TO POINT BETSIE MI NORTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO
15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING EAST. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. PATCHY
DENSE FOG. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING EAST AND INCREASING
TO 15 TO 25 KT. PATCHY DENSE FOG. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. PATCHY DENSE FOG.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.


$$

LMZ080-366-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-870-872-874-876-
878-191015-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
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 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-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

STURGEON BAY WI TO POINT BETSIE MI SOUTH

.REST OF TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT VEERING TO
SOUTHEAST. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. PATCHY
DENSE FOG. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. PATCHY DENSE FOG. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. PATCHY DENSE FOG.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT.


$$

LMZ761-191015-
MAFOR 1903/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11220 14410 12210 11323. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT TONIGHT. WAVES 1 TO
2 FT SUNDAY INCREASING TO 1 TO 3 FT SUNDAY EVENING.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11110 15310 11323. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.

$$

KREIN