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Coastal Waters Forecast for Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI (LMZ345) (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI (LMZ345)
Issued by: National Weather Service Gaylord, MI
Last Update: 715 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026
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Overnight: Northwest wind 10 to 20 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Heavy freezing spray early in the evening. Snow showers likely early in the evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet after midnight.

Saturday: West wind 5 to 10 knots. Chance of snow showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

Saturday Night: Southeast wind 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

Sunday: Northeast wind 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

see the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

this is the last nearshore issuance of the season. The nearshore forecast will resume no later than march 25th.







Zone Forecast: Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI (LMZ345)

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