Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
062 FZUS63 KMKX 170757 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 257 AM CDT Fri May 17 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... High pressure of 29.8 inches setting up over the Upper Great Lakes will stick around through Saturday. Areas of marine dense fog developed this morning, but conditions are favorable for the fog to linger through tonight. After a weak low pressure trough around 29.8 inches crosses Lake Michigan Saturday night, the high pressure will strengthen to 30.0 inches through Sunday. Weak low pressure will bring chances for showers and thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday, then a stronger low pressure of 29.3 inches will cross Lake Superior Tuesday night into Wednesday and bring additional storm chances. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-171530- 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- 257 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... .TODAY...West winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest 10 to 15 kt. Areas of dense fog. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast. Areas of dense fog. Waves 1 ft or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog in the morning. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to 2 to 4 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southeast. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-171530- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 257 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... .TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt veering to northeast 10 to 15 kt. Areas of dense fog. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east. Areas of dense fog. Waves 1 ft or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog in the morning. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 5 to 10 kt overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming north 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt veering to southeast 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft. $$ LMZ761-171530- MAFOR 1710/ MICHIGAN NORTH 11604 11704 11614 11514 11404 12304 11303. Waves 1 foot or less. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11504 11704 11804 11814 11104 12204 11200. Waves 1 foot or less. $$ Cronce Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes