National Data Buoy Center NWS Marine Forecast (2024)

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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
859 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON Lake Michigan.

Waves are provided as a range of significant wave heights, whichis the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave, along with theaverage height of the highest 10% of the waves which willoccasionally be encountered.

SYNOPSIS

Winds will remain light and variable through tonight as weak highpressure around 29.9 inches over the Lake Michigan regiongradually pushes east-northeast overnight into Monday. Then anarea of low pressure over southern Alberta to the northern GreatPlains deepens to around 29.2 inches Monday before drifting.thendrifts northeastward into Ontario through Tuesday. Southerly windsincrease over the lake during this time frame and continuethrough Tuesday night. Then a cold front crosses Lake MichiganWednesday, causing winds to veer westerly. Westerly winds look tocontinue through the end of the week as the meandering low oversouth-central Canada weakens to around 29.4 inches.

Expect periods of showers and thunderstorms from Monday afternoonthrough Wednesday.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-030915
Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to theMackinac Bridge and north of a line from Charlevoix MI to SouthFox Island 5 NM offshore
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI
Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to MidLake
859 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

REST OF TONIGHT
South winds less than 10 kt becomingsoutheast. Waves nearly calm.

MONDAY
South winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast 10 to 20 kt.Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 to4 ft.

MONDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south 10 to15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, thenchance of showers overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

TUESDAY
South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to4 ft.

TUESDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south.Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showerslikely with a chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

WEDNESDAY
Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Showers likely with achance of thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showersand thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance ofshowers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

THURSDAY
West winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

FRIDAY
Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

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Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshoreto Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NMoffshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to MidLake
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to MidLake
Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to MidLake
Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore toMid Lake
859 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

REST OF TONIGHT
South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southeast.Waves 1 ft or less.

MONDAY
Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft.

MONDAY NIGHT
South winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to15 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, thenchance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

TUESDAY
South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers in theafternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

TUESDAY NIGHT
South winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers andthunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chanceof thunderstorms overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

WEDNESDAY
Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming west. Showerslikely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Waves 3 to5 ft.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

THURSDAY
West winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt.Waves 2 to 4 ft.

FRIDAY
Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

LMZ761-030915
MAFOR 0304/MICHIGAN NORTH 12300 11310 11410 12420 11326 11310. A chance ofthunderstorms Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Waves 1 footor less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Monday and Monday evening.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 12300 12310 12320 11420 11416. A chance ofthunderstorms Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Waves 1 footor less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Monday and Monday evening.

Wagner

Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online atweather.gov/mkx/glftable

Graphical marine forecasts are available online at:weather.gov/greatlakes

National Data Buoy Center NWS Marine Forecast (2024)

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