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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
306 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

For waters within 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 waves, along with the
average height of the highest 10 percent of the waves which will
occasionally be encountered.

LMZ740>743-040430-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-
306 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...West winds 10 to 20 kt. Snow and patchy
freezing drizzle. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt increasing to 20 to 25 kt.
Chance of snow in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 6
ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt becoming west 5 to 10 kt
in the early afternoon and then becoming southwest late. Mostly
sunny. Waves 3 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 1 to 3
ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 15 to
25 kt. Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 kt. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 to
4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.

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LMZ744-745-040430-
Gary to Burns Harbor IN-Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
306 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 15 to 20 kt becoming west.
Snow. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 kt becoming northwest 20 to 25 kt.
Snow in the evening. Waves 3 to 5 ft building to 5 to 8 ft
occasionally to 10 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 5 to 10 kt
in the early afternoon and then becoming southwest late. Mostly
cloudy. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 1 to 3
ft late.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 15 to
20 kt. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 kt. Partly cloudy in the
morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

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RC