185  
FZUS53 KLOT 051519  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
919 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN  
 
WAVES ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH  
IS THE AVERAGE 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.  
 
LMZ740>742-052215-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
919 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
   
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KT. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG.  
PATCHY DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT  
OF THUNDERSTORMS MID MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
TONIGHT  
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT.  
WIDESPREAD FOG IN THE MORNING, THEN AREAS OF FOG IN THE  
AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
MORNING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. A SMALL CRAFT  
ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.   
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST.  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS  
AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ743>745-052215-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
919 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
   
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NORTH THIS  
AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. PATCHY DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE  
MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT OF THUNDERSTORMS MID MORNING  
THROUGH MIDDAY. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.   
TONIGHT  
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.    
FRIDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT  
IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.   
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN  
SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.  
 
 
 
KJB  
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