434  
FZUS53 KLOT 201440  
NSHLOT  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
940 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
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>742-202115-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
940 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO  
15 KT. SUNNY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING SOUTH OVERNIGHT.  
MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES  
1 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO AROUND 1 FT.    
FRIDAY
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SOUTH. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO  
2 FT.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING WEST  
OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.  
 

 
 
LMZ743>745-202115-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
940 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SUNNY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT  
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING PARTLY  
CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.    
FRIDAY
 
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KT BECOMING SOUTHWEST. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES AROUND 1 FT.    
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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