944  
FZUS53 KLOT 310940  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
340 AM CST WED DEC 31 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>742-311800-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
340 AM CST WED DEC 31 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING  
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...  
   
TODAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT.  
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.    
TONIGHT  
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO  
20 KT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT  
OCCASIONALLY TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT.   
THURSDAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING WEST. PARTLY  
CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 3 TO  
5 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES  
1 TO 2 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ743-744-311800-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
340 AM CST WED DEC 31 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING  
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...  
   
TODAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING 30 KT. SNOW IN  
THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY  
TO 9 FT.    
TONIGHT  
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT.  
CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. WAVES 6 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 12  
FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.    
THURSDAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 KT  
IN THE AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO  
2 TO 4 FT.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING WEST.  
MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES  
1 TO 2 FT.  
 
 
 
LMZ745-311800-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
340 AM CST WED DEC 31 2025  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON  
 
   
TODAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW  
AND A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT  
OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.   
TONIGHT  
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT.  
CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. WAVES 7 TO 10 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 13  
FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 10 FT.    
THURSDAY  
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 KT  
IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 4 TO 7 FT OCCASIONALLY TO  
9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING WEST.  
MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES  
1 TO 3 FT.  
 
 
 
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