Expires:201305241545;;604952 FZUS63 KLOT 240736 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 236 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.4 INCHES SPREAD FROM WESTERN ONTARIO INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE OF 29.7 INCHES STRETCHED ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND AND MID ATLANTIC COASTS WILL CONSOLIDATE AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT THEN SLOWLY WORK EASTWARD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOW PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY STAY TO THE WEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK LEADING TO SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE LAKE. // 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. LMZ761-241545- MAFOR 2409/ MICHIGAN NORTH 12820 19810 11610 12510 11500 11700 11800. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND TO 1 TO 2 FT TONIGHT. MICHIGAN SOUTH 12830 11820 12120 13100. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT TODAY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT THIS EVENING SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT TONIGHT. $$ MDB