500  
FZUS53 KLOT 300854  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
354 AM CDT MON MAR 30 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>742-301515-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
354 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY EVENING...  
   
TODAY  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO  
25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO  
3 FT.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT, THEN  
BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NORTH  
OVERNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT  
BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ743>745-301515-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
354 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY EVENING...  
   
TODAY  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT.  
MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES  
1 TO 2 FT.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25  
KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT  
BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.    
TUESDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT, THEN  
BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NORTH  
OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING,  
THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO  
6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.  
 
 
 
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