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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
256 PM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON Lake Michigan.

Waves are provided as a range of significant wave heights, which
is the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave, along with the
average height of the highest 10% of the waves which will
occasionally be encountered.

.SYNOPSIS...

Low pressure around 29.3 inches will continue across Ontario
tonight and into Quebec on Sunday, while polar high pressure
settles into the Great Plains for Sunday night and Monday. This
pattern will maintain brisk northwest winds across Lake Michigan
this weekend into Monday morning.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-170330-
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-
256 PM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt.
Slight chance of rain showers this evening, then slight chance of
snow showers overnight. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds to 30 kt. Slight chance of snow
showers. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 kt becoming north. Chance
of snow showers. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.MONDAY...North winds to 30 kt becoming northwest 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Chance of
snow. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds to 30 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-170330-
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-
256 PM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...West winds to 30 kt becoming northwest. Waves 5 to
8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt.
Slight chance of snow showers. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to
10 ft subsiding to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of snow
showers overnight. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds to 30 kt. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally
to 12 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt becoming west. Waves 4 to
6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt becoming north. Waves
4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ761-170330-
MAFOR 1622/
MICHIGAN NORTH 13740 12730 13740. Waves 3 to 6 feet tonight.
Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 4 to 7 feet Sunday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11640 11730 13740 13730. Waves 3 to 6 feet
building to 4 to 7 feet tonight. Waves 5 to 8 feet Sunday.

$$


Gehring

Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at
weather.gov/mkx/glftable

Graphical marine forecasts are available online at:
weather.gov/greatlakes


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