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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
329 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 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...
High pressure of 30.2 over Ontario will move into New England by
tonight as low pressure of 29.5 deepens over the northern plains.
East winds will become southeast at 20 knots or less. On Sunday
the low will approach Lake Superior and south winds will increase.
Gusts of 30 knots are expected. Another area of low pressure will
approach from the central plains on Monday and Tuesday and south
winds will continue. Winds may be brisk at times. A front will
move through the lake sometime mid or late week.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-160315-
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-
329 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 30 kt.
Slight chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds to 30 kt becoming south gales to 35 kt.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally
to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 kt becoming southwest 15 to
25 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 3 to 5 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 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft building to 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 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Chance
of showers. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-160315-
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-
329 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 30 kt. Waves
2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.SUNDAY...South winds to 30 kt. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft building to
4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt backing to east. Waves 1 to
2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-160315-
MAFOR 1522/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11310 11320 11330 12340 11440 11446 11450. A
chance of thunderstorms Sunday. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3
to 6 feet tonight. Waves 5 to 8 feet Sunday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11320 12330 12340 13440. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 3 to 6 feet tonight. Waves 4 to 7 feet Sunday.

$$


Kuroski

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