Nearshore Marine Forecast
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI

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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
131 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of the shore on Lake Michigan

LMZ521-522-200200-
Green Bay south of line from Cedar River to Rock Island Passage
and north of a line from Oconto WI to Little Sturgeon Bay WI-
Green Bay south of line from Oconto WI to Little Sturgeon Bay WI-
131 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...N wind 15 to 25 kts with gale force gusts to
around 40 kts. Rain, light snow and a slight chance of sleet.
Waves 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...N wind to around 30 kts with gale force gusts to
around 40 kts. Areas of blowing snow in the evening, then patchy
blowing snow after midnight. Snow and a slight chance of light
sleet in the evening, then a chance of light snow after midnight.
Waves 2 ft or less.
.THURSDAY...N wind 15 to 25 kts with gusts to around 35 kts
backing NW 10 to 15 kts with gusts to around 25 kts in the
afternoon. Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Waves 2 ft
or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kts. Mostly clear. Waves 2 ft
or less.

Wave height forecast is for ice free areas.
$$

LMZ541-200200-
Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI-
131 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...N wind to around 30 kts with gale force gusts
to around 40 kts. Rain, light snow and a slight chance of sleet.
Waves 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...N wind to around 30 kts increasing to wind to 35 kts
after midnight. Gusts to around 40 kts. Snow, a slight chance of
rain and light sleet in the evening, then a chance of light snow
after midnight. Waves 5 to 8 ft.
.THURSDAY...N wind to around 30 kts with gale force gusts to
around 40 kts becoming NW 10 to 20 kts with gusts to around
25 kts in the afternoon. Partly sunny in the morning then
clearing. Waves 4 to 7 ft subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kts increasing to 10 to 20 kts
after midnight. Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ542-543-200200-
Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI-Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI-
131 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE wind to around 30 kts with gale force gusts
to around 40 kts. Rain, a slight chance of thunderstorms and
light snow. Waves 6 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N wind to around 30 kts increasing to wind to 35 kts
after midnight. Gusts to around 45 kts. Snow, rain, a slight
chance of thunderstorms and light sleet in the evening, then a
chance of light snow after midnight. Waves 6 to 10 ft.
.THURSDAY...N wind to around 30 kts with gale force gusts to
around 40 kts becoming NW 10 to 20 kts with gusts to around
25 kts in the afternoon. Partly sunny in the morning then
clearing. Waves 6 to 10 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kts backing SW 10 to 20 kts
after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

See Lake Michigan Open Lake Forecast for Friday through Sunday.