582  
FZUS53 KLOT 280954  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
354 AM CST SUN DEC 28 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>742-281630-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
354 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025  
   
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING
 
 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
   
TODAY
 
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT,  
THEN ABRUPTLY SHIFTING TO WEST GALES TO 40 KT TOWARD EARLY  
EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO  
3 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
WEST GALES TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS  
TO AROUND 50 KT. SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY OVERNIGHT.  
WAVES QUICKLY BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.    
MONDAY
 
WEST GALES TO 45 KT WITH OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS  
TO WINDS TO 50 KT IN THE MORNING, EASING TO NORTHWEST GALES TO 35  
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
MORNING. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 12 FT.   
MONDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25  
KT. FREEZING SPRAY. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 12 FT  
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT.  
 

 
 
LMZ743>745-281630-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
354 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025  
   
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING
 
 
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
   
TODAY
 
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. AREAS  
OF DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  
WAVES 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
WEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KT INCREASING TO 55 KT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY OVERNIGHT. WAVES 8 TO 11 FT  
OCCASIONALLY TO 14 FT BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 18  
FT.    
MONDAY
 
WEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KT BECOMING NORTHWEST.  
FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY EAST OF  
GARY. WAVES 12 TO 16 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 21 FT.   
MONDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KT DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST  
WINDS TO 30 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. FREEZING  
SPRAY. WAVES 12 TO 16 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 TO  
14 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 18 FT.  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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