530  
FZUS53 KLOT 010819  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
319 AM CDT WED APR 1 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>742-011530-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
319 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
   
TODAY  
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
WAVES 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING, THEN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
OVERNIGHT. WAVES 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTH TO 30 KT  
IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
WAVES 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST  
AND EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
OVERNIGHT. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO  
5 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ743>745-011530-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
319 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
   
TODAY  
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WAVES  
4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.  
SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KT BECOMING SOUTH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVES 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND  
EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
OVERNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT.  
 
 
 
KJB  
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