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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
324 AM CST Fri Nov 15 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 around 29.9 inches over Lake Erie will continue to
move away while a weak ridge of high pressure around 30.1 inches
over Minnesota and Iowa will move across Lake Michigan tonight.
Light to modest northerly winds will continue today then become
light and variable tonight.

Low pressure of 29.5 inches will develop and lift across the
Dakotas and northern Minnesota later Saturday and into Ontario on
Sunday. Thus breezy southerly winds will develop over Lake
Michigan on Saturday and become southwest on Sunday. Winds will
become west to northwest in the wake of the cold front by Sunday
night.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-151615-
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-
324 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...North winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northwest. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds less than 10 kt backing to southwest.
Waves 1 ft or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 1 ft or less building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Rain overnight. Waves
5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY...South winds to 30 kt becoming southwest. Chance of rain
in the morning. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt veering to northeast 10 to
15 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds to 30 kt. Rain. Waves 7 to 10 ft
occasionally to 13 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-151615-
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-
324 AM CST Fri Nov 15 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming north 10 to 15 kt.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 kt veering to south. Waves 1 to
2 ft.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.
Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of rain
overnight. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds to 30 kt. Chance of rain in the
morning. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest 10 to
20 kt. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 3 to
5 ft.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming east 10 to 20 kt.
Chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds to 30 kt becoming south. Rain. Waves
8 to 11 ft occasionally to 14 ft.

$$

LMZ761-151615-
MAFOR 1511/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12810 12710 12700 11600 11500. Waves 1 foot or
less.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11720 13710 12800 11200 11300. Waves 1 to 3 feet
today. Waves 2 feet or less tonight.

$$


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