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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
841 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 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...

A broad area of high pressure around 30.1 inches over the area will
set up west to east from northern IL to the lower Great Lakes
Friday and continue through Saturday. Light to modest southwest
winds are expected late tonight into Saturday. Quiet weather is
expected during this period.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-190915-
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-
841 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt veering to north
5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast 5 to
10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 ft or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast. Waves 1 to
2 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-190915-
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-
841 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to
southwest. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt becoming west. Waves 1 to
3 ft.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 kt veering to north. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 ft or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 kt becoming northeast 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.

$$

LMZ761-190915-
MAFOR 1904/
MICHIGAN NORTH 14510 14520. Waves 2 feet or less overnight. Waves
1 to 3 feet Friday and Friday evening.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11700 11600 11500 11600 11500 13410. Waves 2 feet
or less.

$$


MH

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