Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
648 FZUS63 KDTX 240149 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 949 PM EDT Thu May 23 2024 Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum. .SYNOPSIS...The central Great Lakes are positioned between a low pressure system to the north and a ridge of high pressure to the south. High pressure works in from the northwest Friday offering dry and stable conditions. An upper level disturbance ejects across the Upper Midwest Friday night into Saturday with a surface low developing along the system`s cold front offering opportunities for some thunderstorms. An occluded low then tracks across Wisconsin and into The UP Sunday night and Monday. LCZ460-241000- Lake St Clair- 949 PM EDT Thu May 23 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots this evening becoming light and variable. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming east 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the west in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east 15 to 20 knots. Mostly sunny in the morning...then a chance of light showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ KGK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes