Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
905 FZUS63 KMKX 050741 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 241 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 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... South to southeast winds are expected over the southern half of Lake Michigan today, with east to northeast winds over the north half as low pressure around 29.7 inches moves across central WI and into Lower Michigan by this afternoon. Winds will turn northwesterly tonight into Saturday morning as the low moves across Lake Huron and southern Ontario. Winds return to a southerly direction Sunday into the early to middle portion of the week. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-051515- 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- 241 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms this morning, then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt late in the morning, then becoming northwest early in the afternoon becoming west late. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 kt diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-051515- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 241 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .TODAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt veering to southwest 10 to 20 kt. Patchy dense fog this morning. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 5 to 10 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. $$ LMZ761-051515- MAFOR 0510/ MICHIGAN NORTH 12116 11110 12120 13820. A chance of thunderstorms this morning. Waves 2 feet or less today. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11310 19314 11410 19414 11410 11520 11620 13710. A chance of showers this morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ Boxell Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes