The National Weather Service in Milwaukee is now producing an experimental inland lakes wave height forecast, in addition to wave forecasts on Lake Michigan. The inland lakes forecast is available in graphical and text format, and is a 72 hour forecast of wind speed, direction and estimated wave height on the larger inland lakes of south central and southeast Wisconsin. This forecast would be very useful to boaters and fisherman on the inland lakes of southern Wisconsin.
Inland lakes that are forecast include:
The below is an example of the 72 hour inland lake forecast in looping graphical format for northern portions of the area:
and here is an example of the inland lakes forecast for the southern part of the area:
The forecast is also available in text format:
The current Inland Lakes forecast is available at the following website: https://www.weather.gov/mkx/inland-lakes-waves.
We would like your feedback on how useful you find this product. Please send us an email at nws.milwaukee@noaa.gov.
Thank you