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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
214 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 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...

The post tropical cylcone Beryl will slide southeast of Lake
Michigan tonight and move toward the western end of Lake Erie by
Wednesday afternoon, maintaining a surface pressure of 29.6
inches. As the low passes, northeast winds will become northerly
overnight and increase, with the strongest gusts over the southern
end of Lake Michigan. Some gusts may approach gale force toward
dawn on Wednesday and into the early afternoon. Winds will then
ease overnight Wednesday into Thursday as Beryl exits east and
winds should come around to northwesterly. Winds will grow light
and variable Thursday night.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-100315-
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-
214 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt backing to northeast. Slight
chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to
20 kt. Slight chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Chance of showers in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 ft
subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northwest. Waves
1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southwest.
Waves 1 ft or less.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Waves 1 ft or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-100315-
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-
214 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 30 kt. Slight
chance of showers this evening, then showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 ft or less building to 4 to 6 ft
occasionally to 8 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds to 30 kt becoming north. Showers
likely with slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 5 to
10 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt veering to south
less than 10 kt overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves
1 ft or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south. Waves
1 ft or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south. Waves 1 to
3 ft.

$$

LMZ761-100315-
MAFOR 0922/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11400 11800 11100 13110 12820. Waves 1 foot or
less tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Wednesday.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11100 11110 11136 12146 12846 11840. Waves 1 foot
or less building to 3 to 5 feet tonight. Waves 3 to 6 feet
Wednesday.

$$


CMiller

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