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FZUS63 KLOT 161342
GLFLM
OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
842 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE OF 29.6 INCHES WAS OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO
WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH THROUGH MICHIGAN AND INDIANA AND
A TROF ACROSS WISCONSIN AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS TROF WILL
MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. MEANWHILE...
A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA THIS
MORNING WITH A TROUGH AVERAGING 29.9 INCHES EXTENDING SOUTH INTO
THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE EAST MOVING ACROSS
LAKE MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW OF 29.7 INCHES WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES FRIDAY...THEN EAST ACROSS
THE NORTHERN LAKES REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-162015-
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-
842 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI NORTH
.REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS TO 30 KT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO
25 KT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS. WAVES 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT LATE.
.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 KT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.
.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS
IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
.FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
2 TO 4 FT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
2 TO 4 FT.
.SATURDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 4 TO
6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
.SUNDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.
$$
LMZ080-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-870-872-874-876-878-162015-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 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 PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 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-
842 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI SOUTH
.REST OF TODAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SHOWERS WITH PATCHY
DRIZZLE. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 11 FT.
.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS....MAINLY IN THE EVENING. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT
LATE.
.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRIDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 3 TO 5
FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT.
.SATURDAY...WEST WINDS TO 30 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 5 TO
8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.
.SUNDAY...WEST WINDS TO 30 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES
5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.
$$
LMZ761-162015-
MAFOR 1615/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11646 12736 13720 11710 11600. WAVES 5 TO 8 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT
THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 2
TO 4 FT LATE TONIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT THURSDAY MORNING.
MICHIGAN SOUTH 13630 13720 11710 11610. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT
OCCASIONALLY TO 11 FT THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY
TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT TONIGHT.
WAVES 2 TO 4 FT THURSDAY MORNING.
$$
WAVES ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS...WHICH
IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG
WITH THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 10 PERCENT OF THE WAVES
WHICH WILL OCCASIONALLY BE ENCOUNTERED.
ALLSOPP