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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
302 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

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...

Low pressure of 29.7 inches will drift very slowly from western
Wisconsin to northern Lake Huron tonight. Southeast winds, will
veer to the south today. A cold front sweeping across the lake
will cause winds to veer southwest tonight. Winds will remain
southwest or west through mid week.

Very humid air will combine with the cold waters to produce areas
of fog. A marine dense fog advisory is in effect for the south
half of the lake today.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight with
quieter weather returning by Tuesday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-241530-
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-
302 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south. Patchy fog.
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms this
morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt veering to west. Patchy fog in
the evening. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening,
then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 15 to 25 kt.
Chance of showers in the morning. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt becoming west 10 to
20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to
5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-241530-
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-
302 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Areas of dense fog this
morning, then patchy dense fog this afternoon. Chance of showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt becoming west. Patchy
dense fog in the evening. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves 4 to
7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to
8 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft
subsiding to 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to
5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-241530-
MAFOR 2409/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12320 13420 11426 12520. Chance of showers this
morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Chance of thunderstorms, then chance of showers after midnight
this evening. Waves 2 to 4 ft today. Waves 3 to 5 ft building to
4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft tonight.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 12424 12420 19424 11430 19434 12530 11630. Chance
of showers this morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening.
Waves 2 to 4 ft today. Waves 3 to 5 ft building to 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft tonight.

$$


Kuroski

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