Expires:201306200345;;835288 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. LMZ080-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-870-872-874-876-878-200345- 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- 240 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TWO RIVERS WI TO MANISTEE MI SOUTH .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT OR LESS OVERNIGHT. .THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 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 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. .MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT. $$