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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
223 PM 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...

Line of broken showers and storms moving across the middle
portions of the lake is kicking out some outflow turning winds to
the west briefly and gusting to around 25 knots. Will continue
through the morning before weakening. Otherwise, mainly expect south
winds to gust around 30 knots through the afternoon  as low
pressure around 29.4 inches over southern Manitoba approaches the
region and high pressure around 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.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-170300-
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-
223 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally
to 10 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 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 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.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-870-872-874-876-878-170300-
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 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-
223 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI TO
GRAND HAVEN MI...

.TONIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves
4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 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.

$$

LMZ673-675-777-779-170300-
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-
223 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

NORTH POINT LIGHT WI TO GRAND HAVEN MI SOUTH...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 424 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

.TONIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves
4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 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.

$$
LMZ761-170300-
MAFOR 1622 AMD/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11440 12430 11530 14420. Waves 4 to 7 feet
subsiding to 3 to 6 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Monday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT...11440
11430 15420. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening.
Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4
feet Monday.

$$


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