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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
237 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 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 30.1 inches will continue to build into the
upper Great Lakes Region tonight but likely will not be over the
region until Friday. West to southwest gusts to 20 knots are
expected to persist over the lake into the early evening with
winds easing overnight as the high pressure center moves toward
Lake Michigan. Light and variable winds will then persist over
Lake Michigan into Friday, before winds turn southeasterly ahead
of approaching low pressure of 29.6 inches Friday evening. Winds
will then turn easterly and northerly with time as the low
pressure passes south of the lake on Saturday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-290315-
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-
237 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to south. Waves
1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming east late in
the evening, then becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight becoming
east 10 to 20 kt late. Rain and snow overnight. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Rain and snow
likely in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...North winds to 30 kt. Chance of rain. Waves 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-290315-
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-
237 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 kt veering to east 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast 10 to
20 kt. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain overnight. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming east. Rain
likely. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.MONDAY...East winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northeast. Rain likely.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...North winds to 30 kt. Chance of rain. Waves 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft.

$$

LMZ761-290315-
MAFOR 2822/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11620 15710 11610. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to
1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Friday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11610 12710 11810 12800 11100 11200. Waves 1 to 3
feet tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Friday.

$$


Kuroski

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