Expires:201306200345;;835287 FZUS63 KLOT 191940 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 240 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN .SYNOPSIS...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.2 INCHES CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN QUEBEC TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE TO THE EAST AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AVERAGING 29.7 INCHES DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WHILE THE HIGH PRESSURE STILL DOMINATES LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THURSDAY...RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL. ANOTHER LOW OF 29.8 INCHES WILL DROP OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND TRACK EAST TO LAKE SUPERIOR BY FRIDAY EVENING...STRENGTHENING THE GENERALLY SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE LAKE. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. // 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. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-200345- 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- 240 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI NORTH .TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 1 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT. .SATURDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. .MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT. $$