Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
303 FZUS63 KMKX 190833 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 333 AM CDT Wed Jun 19 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... A cold front will gradually sink east southeast over Lake Michigan through today as low pressure of 29.6 approaches James Bay. Modest southerly to southwesterly winds will prevail through today until winds come around to northerly tonight following the front. In the post-frontal air mass, some areas of marine fog may form tonight. North to northeast winds should then linger into Thursday night, as high pressure around 30.4 inches moves into Lake Superior. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-191530- 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- 333 AM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .TODAY...Southwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt early this afternoon, then diminishing to 10 to 20 kt late. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to 3 to 5 ft. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest 15 to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-191530- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 333 AM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .TODAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Chance of showers in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 kt veering to south 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 3 to 5 ft. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest. Waves 3 to 5 ft. $$ LMZ761-191530- MAFOR 1910/ MICHIGAN NORTH 11440 11540 11530 11520 11710 11810 11110 11120. A chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet today. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11430 12420 11410 11610 11810 11110 11120. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet today. Waves 2 feet or less tonight. $$ CMiller Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes