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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
852 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 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 of 29.6 inches centered over northern Minnesota will
continue to weaken through today, continuing to bring in light southerly
winds through the day today and through tonight. A few showers
and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into this evening.

An area of low pressure over southern Alberta to the northern
Great Plains will deepen to around 29.2 inches today, then will
drift northeastward into Ontario by Wednesday. Southerly winds
will continue through Wednesday morning, with a cold front
crossing Lake Michigan later Wednesday, causing winds to veer
westerly and producing showers and thunderstorms. Westerly winds
continue through the end of the week as low pressure over south
central Canada weakens to around 29.4 inches.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-032130-
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-
852 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south 10 to
15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Patchy dense fog. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south.
Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then chance
of showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-032130-
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-
852 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Patchy fog through mid morning. Slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to
2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers in
the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms
overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Waves 3 to
5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ761-032130-
MAFOR 0316/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12420 11320 13310 11410 11420. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11420 12320 14410 11420. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

$$


MH

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