792  
FZUS53 KLOT 150905  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
405 AM CDT THU MAY 15 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>743-151530-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-  
405 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
   
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
 
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH  
THIS EVENING...  
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY  
EVENING...  
   
TODAY
 
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING  
SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KT THEN INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY  
BE SEVERE. WAVES AROUND 1 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT  
LATE IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT  
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.   
FRIDAY
 
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT GALES.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.   
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KT BECOMING WEST AND  
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE EVENING. WAVES 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO  
1 TO 3 FT.  
 

 
 
LMZ744-745-151530-  
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
405 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH  
THIS EVENING...  
   
TODAY
 
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SOUTH AND  
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG IN THE  
MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME  
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20  
KT LATE IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
FRIDAY
 
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. 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
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO  
20 KT OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
EVENING. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.  
 

 
 
PETR  
 
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