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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
257 PM CDT Fri May 24 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 around 29.4 inches moving into northwest Minnesota
will track into far southeast Manitoba tonight. Its cold front
will progress eastward across Lake Michigan late tonight. Thus
modest east to southeast winds this afternoon and evening will
shift westerly late tonight and continue into Saturday morning.
High pressure around 29.9 inches will then move across Lake
Michigan for Saturday afternoon and evening, before another low
pressure area around 29.4 inches approaches from the west and
moves across either central or northern Lake Michigan Sunday
night. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will move across the
lake tonight and once again Sunday and Sunday night.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-250345-
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-
257 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 kt veering to southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south 10 to 15 kt.
Slight chance of showers in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 ft
subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming east 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to
2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds to 30 kt veering to southwest
15 to 25 kt. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 3 to
5 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Chance
of showers. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-250345-
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-
257 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt veering to west 15 to 25 kt.
Scattered showers with a chance of thunderstorms this evening,
then chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west 10 to 15 kt
early in the afternoon, then backing to south 5 to 10 kt late.
Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of showers in the morning, then showers with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to 3 to
5 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt becoming west. Showers in
the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 4 to
6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ761-250345-
MAFOR 2422/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11230 19239 12336 11430 11520 11620 11520 11510.
Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4
feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Saturday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11320 19329 11426 11420 11630 11620 11720 11610
11400. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 2
to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Saturday.

$$


Gehring

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