Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
476 FZUS63 KMKX 180300 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 900 PM CST Mon Nov 17 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... Low pressure of 29.7 inches over northeastern Nebraska will continue to move east tonight, bringing slowly increasing easterly winds into Tuesday morning. Winds will become breezy and northeasterly over the southern half of the lake as the low moves into the Ohio River Valley Tuesday evening. Winds then ease Wednesday as high pressure of 30.3 inches moves over the lake. High pressure exits into Thursday morning, with winds becoming southwesterly as a low pressure system progresses eastward across northern Ontario. A cold front from that low pressure system will shift winds to northwesterly overnight Thursday into Friday. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-181015- 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- 900 PM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming north. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 ft or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest 10 to 20 kt. Chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-181015- 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- 900 PM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east late this evening, then becoming southeast after midnight increasing to 10 to 20 kt late. Slight chance of rain through early evening, then rain overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt. Rain in the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest. Chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 3 to 5 ft. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Chance of rain. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt veering to southwest 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. $$ LMZ761-181015- MAFOR 1805/ MICHIGAN NORTH 12800 11110 11210 12110 12100. A chance of rain Tuesday. Waves 2 feet or less. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11200 11316 13226 12220 11120. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet Tuesday. Waves 2 to 4 feet Tuesday evening. $$ MH Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes