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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
255 PM CST Mon Feb 16 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>742-170415-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
255 PM CST Mon Feb 16 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 20 to 25 kt. Mostly sunny.
Waves 1 to 2 ft. 
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 kt becoming southeast 5 to 10
kt late. Patchy fog after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft. 
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog in the 
morning. Slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 ft
building to 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 kt becoming south
overnight. Chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms
overnight. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 20 to 25 kt becoming west. Slight 
chance of rain in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 
3 ft.

Wave heights are for ice free areas.

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