


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
677 FZUS63 KMKX 150201 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 901 PM CDT Mon Jul 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... Light to modest southerly winds will continue tonight into Tuesday night as high pressure over the northern Ohio Valley slides east to the Mid Atlantic States. A wave of low pressure around 29.8 inches will then move across central or southern Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon and cross Lake Michigan into lower Michigan Wednesday night. Numerous showers and storms will likely occur with the passage of the low and its cold front. Modest northerly winds will take hold after the passage of the low and cold front Wednesday night and continue into Thursday and possibly Friday. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-150930- 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- 901 PM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt veering to northeast. Chance of showers in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northeast. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-150930- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 901 PM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northwest. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north 15 to 25 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 3 to 5 ft. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northeast. Waves 3 to 5 ft. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. $$ LMZ761-150930- MAFOR 1504/ MICHIGAN NORTH 14410 13420 11520. Waves 2 feet or less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday and Tuesday evening. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11410 12400 12410 13310. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ Cronce Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes