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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan...UPDATED
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
856 PM CST Sat Nov 23 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 over the middle Mississippi Valley
will shift east toward the central Appalachians into Sunday.
Variable winds will continue to diminish through the remainder of
tonight.

Sunday, winds will become southeasterly and moderately gusty over
the southern end of Lake Michigan into Sunday night. Winds will
become light and variable again early Monday morning as a surface
low pressure of 29.7 inches moves over the central portions of
the lake. Gusty northwest winds will then take hold behind the low
Monday afternoon following the passage of a cold front.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-241015-
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-
856 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to
10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt veering to east. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southeast. Chance
of rain in the evening, then rain likely overnight. Waves 2 to
4 ft.
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt backing to north. Rain likely in
the morning, then rain in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 kt. Rain likely in the
evening, then chance of rain and snow overnight. Waves 5 to 8 ft
occasionally to 10 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Rain with a chance of
snow. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft subsiding to 4 to
7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of snow. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft
subsiding to 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of snow and
rain. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of snow and rain.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-241015-
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-
856 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast late in
the morning, then becoming southeast 10 to 15 kt early in the
afternoon increasing to 10 to 20 kt late. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south 10 to
15 kt. Chance of rain overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest 15 to 25 kt.
Rain likely in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to
7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 kt becoming west. Chance of
rain in the evening. Waves 7 to 10 ft occasionally to 13 ft
building to 8 to 11 ft occasionally to 14 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt. Waves
8 to 11 ft occasionally to 14 ft subsiding to 6 to 9 ft
occasionally to 12 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 2 to
4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northwest. Chance of
rain. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north. Chance of
rain and snow. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

$$

LMZ761-241015-
MAFOR 2405/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12710 11810 11100 11200 12210 11220. Waves 2 feet
or less overnight and Sunday. Waves 1 to 3 feet Sunday evening.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 12600 11500 11410 12310 12320. Waves 2 feet or
less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Sunday. Waves 2 to 4 feet
Sunday evening.

$$


MH

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