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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
308 AM CDT Fri May 10 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 30.0 inches over northwest Wisconsin early this
morning will move across Lake Michigan during the middle of the
day. The light northerly winds this morning will back to southerly
this afternoon. A wave of low pressure around 29.6 inches will
then follow the high across northern Lake Michigan tonight then
deepen slightly and slow down over northern lower Michigan on
Saturday. It will also drag a cold front across the lake tonight.
Modest southerly winds will shift to northwest with the frontal
passage and continue through Saturday. Another high pressure area
will then move across the lake Saturday evening with south winds
returning and becoming breezy after it passes for Sunday.


LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-101530-
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-
308 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming west late this
morning, then becoming south to southwest early this afternoon.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt veering to northwest. Rain
showers likely in the evening, then chance of rain showers
overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to
southwest. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of rain showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-101530-
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-
308 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...North winds to 10 kt becoming northwest late this
morning, then becoming west 10 to 15 kt early this afternoon
becoming south 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt veering to west. Chance of
rain showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest
5 to 10 kt overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt.
Chance of showers. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding
to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt veering to north. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north 15 to
25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

$$

LMZ761-101530-
MAFOR 1010/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12700 11510 11410 11420 11426 11510 11710. Waves 2
feet or less today. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11800 11700 11610 11410 12420 11526 11620. Waves 1
to 3 feet.

$$


Gehring

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