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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
236 PM 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 southeast across Lake Michigan
into tonight. South to southwest winds will shift northwest to
north this evening, and northeast to north later tonight into
Thursday. Patchy to areas of marine fog may form tonight and
linger into Thursday morning, with some dense fog possible.

North to northeast winds should then linger into Friday, as high
pressure around 30.4 inches moves from Lake Superior into Ontario.
Gusty south to southwest winds are then anticipated to return for
Saturday into Saturday night, as low pressure around 29.5 inches
shifts into the region.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-200330-
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-
236 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast 10 to
20 kt. Patchy fog this evening. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms this evening, then chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northeast
10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east. Chance
of showers in the evening, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 ft or less.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south. Showers
with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to
4 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to southwest 10 to
20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-200330-
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-
236 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 kt veering to north late this
evening, then increasing to 10 to 20 kt after midnight becoming
north 10 to 20 kt late. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Patchy fog overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog in the morning.
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 kt becoming northeast 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 kt veering to south. Chance of
showers overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Showers with a
chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ761-200330-
MAFOR 1922/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11610 19616 11820 19826 15120. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11510 11800 11810 14820 11820. A chance of showers
Thursday morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

$$
Wood

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