056  
FZUS53 KLOT 271557  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
957 AM CST SAT DEC 27 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>743-272215-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-  
957 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY  
MORNING...  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO  
20 KT LATE THIS MORNING. CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO  
4 FT.   
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO  
15 KT. PATCHY FOG. SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5  
FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.   
SUNDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.    
SUNDAY NIGHT  
WINDS QUICKLY SHIFTING TO WEST AND INCREASING TO  
STORM FORCE TO 50 KT IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SCATTERED RAIN  
SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT  
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ744-745-272215-  
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
957 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2025  
 
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15  
KT LATE THIS MORNING. CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO  
15 KT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
SUNDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.  
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
SUNDAY NIGHT  
WINDS QUICKLY SHIFTING TO WEST AND INCREASING TO  
STORM FORCE TO 50 KT IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SCATTERED RAIN  
SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WAVES QUICKLY BUILDING  
TO 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT IN THE EVENING, THEN BUILDING  
TO 8 TO 11 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 14 FT OVERNIGHT.  
 
 
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