


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
686 FZUS63 KMKX 141343 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 843 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025 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 around 30.3 inches along the Ontario and Quebec border will keep winds primarily easterly to northeasterly through the most of the weekend. Weak low pressure around 29.9 inches in southern Illinois will push east today, moving into the Ohio River Valley and weakening into Sunday. Chances for showers and thunderstorms are forecast at times Monday into next week, as the Ontario high pressure system weakens and low pressure approaches the region from the Central Plains. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-142115- 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- 843 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt late in the evening, then becoming east after midnight diminishing to 5 to 10 kt late. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 kt veering to south 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-142115- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 843 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming east 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 kt backing to north 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast. Waves 1 ft or less. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft. $$ LMZ761-142115- MAFOR 1416/ MICHIGAN NORTH 13120 11110 11210 12200 11210. Waves 2 feet or less. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11110 13810 11110 11210 12200. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less tonight and Sunday morning. $$ Wood Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes