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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
252 PM CST Sun Nov 24 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...

Low pressure of 29.7 inches will move northeast across southern
Lake Michigan Monday morning, continuing northeastward into Quebec
and deepening to 29.5 inches Tuesday.

As the low approaches, expect east to southeast winds to increase
to roughly 20 kt tonight. The southern half may observe a brief
period of light and variable winds Monday morning as the low
crosses over, followed by northwest winds with gusts to 30 kt in
the afternoon and evening. For the northern half of the lake,
east to northeast winds linger a bit longer, turning northwest
with gusts to 25 kt Monday night.

Gusty northwest winds linger into Tuesday, backing due west and
decelerating late. Modest north to northwest winds expected
Thursday through the end of the week as high pressure builds to
30.7 inches over British Columbia / Alberta and weak low pressure
lingers over eastern Canada.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-250445-
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-
252 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of rain showers. Waves
3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 20 kt backing to north. Rain showers.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest to
30 kt. Chance of rain showers. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to
8 ft building to 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds to 30 kt. Chance of rain and snow showers.
Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to
20 kt. Chance of snow showers. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to
8 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northwest. Chance of
snow showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to
10 to 20 kt. Chance of snow and rain showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Chance
of snow showers. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-250445-
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-
252 PM CST Sun Nov 24 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

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

$$

LMZ761-250445-
MAFOR 2423/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11210 12220 13226 11236 11126. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Monday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 14320 11320 11410 11620 11740. A chance of
showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet tonight. Waves
2 to 4 feet Monday.

$$


Sheppard

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