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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
250 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

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 averaging 29.9 inches and associated cold front will
cross Lake Michigan early this morning with winds becoming
westerly behind the front on Friday. The low pressure will be
moving from southwest to southeast Ontario today.

On Sunday, an area of low pressure of 29.6 inches is expected to
cross southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin, reaching Lake
Huron early Monday morning. Winds will be from the south Sunday
morning ahead of this low, shifting to the west Sunday night as
the low moves across Lake Michigan. Gusty west to northwest are
then expected Sunday night through Tuesday. A few gusts may
approach gales Sunday night and Monday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-101630-
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-
250 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west 10 to 15 kt.
Chance of snow this morning, then chance of rain and snow this
afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 2 to
4 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of snow.
Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west 10 to
15 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south
10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft.
.SUNDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Snow. Waves 5 to 8 ft
occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Chance
of snow. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft subsiding to 4 to
6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to
10 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 4 to 7 ft
occasionally to 9 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-101630-
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-
250 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.TODAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Chance of
snow this morning, then chance of rain and snow this afternoon.
Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of snow.
Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 10 to
15 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 2 to
4 ft.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south
10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to 3 to 5 ft.
.SUNDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt becoming southwest. Snow. Waves
5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt becoming west 10 to
20 kt. Chance of snow. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft
subsiding to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt. Chance of snow. Waves 6 to 9 ft
occasionally to 12 ft.
.TUESDAY...West winds 15 to 25 kt becoming northwest. Freezing
spray. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.

$$

LMZ761-101630-
MAFOR 1011/
MICHIGAN NORTH 12520 11620 11610 11710 13720. A chance of rain
and snow early this morning, then a chance of snow this morning.
A chance of rain and snow this afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 2 to 4 feet today. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2
to 4 feet tonight.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11520 12527 12620 13720. Waves 3 to 5 feet today.
Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet tonight.

$$


Patterson

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