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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
247 AM CDT Sun Jun 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...
South winds will gust around 30 knots today as low pressure of
29.4 inches over southern Manitoba approaches the region and high
pressure of 30.2 inches sits over New England. Another area of low
pressure will approach from the plains on Monday and Tuesday.
Breezy south winds will continue over Lake Michigan with gusts
approaching 30 knots. A cold front will then slowly move southward
across the lake either Wednesday or Thursday and stall into
Friday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-161530-
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-
247 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...Southeast winds to 30 kt becoming south. Chance of
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 6 to
9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally
to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Waves
4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally
to 9 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to
20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-161530-
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-
247 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...South winds to 30 kt. Chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 5 to 8 ft
occasionally to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Waves
4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Waves
4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast. Waves
1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-161530-
MAFOR 1610/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11340 14440 11430 11420 11520. A chance of showers
this morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Waves 3
to 5 feet building to 5 to 8 feet today. Waves 4 to 7 feet
subsiding to 3 to 6 feet tonight.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11340 14440 11430 12420. A chance of showers this
morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 4 to 7 feet today. Waves 3
to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight.

$$


Marquardt

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