851  
FZUS53 KLOT 180846  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
346 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
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>745-181545-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
346 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
 
 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THIS  
EVENING...  
   
TODAY
 
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING  
TO 35 KT GALES. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KT EARLY, DIMINISHING TO  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BY LATE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO  
NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.    
SATURDAY
 
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KT  
IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
SATURDAY NIGHT
 
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO  
15 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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