Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
251 FZUS63 KMKX 160747 GLFLM 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 Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes