Expires:201305231000;;548914 FZUS63 KLOT 230148 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 848 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN .SYNOPSIS...AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AVERAGING 29.7 INCHES EXTENDING FROM LOWER MICHIGAN WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE EAST TO NEW ENGLAND BY THURSDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...A LARGE AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.6 INCHES BLANKETING MUCH OF CANADA WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST AND EXTEND FROM HUDSON BAY SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY. THE HIGH WILL THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF 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. LMZ080-671-673-675-777-779-872-874-876-878-231000- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 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 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- 848 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013 PORT WASHINGTON WI TO WHITEHALL MI SOUTH ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .REST OF TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT BY MORNING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT...THEN PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE. SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT OCCASIONALLY BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT LATE. .THURSDAY...NORTH GALES TO 40 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 18 FT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH GALES TO 35 KT EARLY IN THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT BY MORNING. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 13 FT LATE. .FRIDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. .SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. .SUNDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. .MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. $$