Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
141 FZUS63 KDTX 221357 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 957 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 For waters beyond five nautical miles off shore on Lake Huron 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...A strengthening low pressure system reaches western Lake Superior around 29.10 inches this morning. This system will force a cold front through the eastern lakes this afternoon and evening. High pressure then builds in for Thursday and Friday. LHZ361-222200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 957 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the southwest late in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the morning. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Light and variable winds becoming west 5 to 10 knots late in the morning...then backing to the east late in the afternoon increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west early in the evening...then becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet until early morning. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-222200- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 957 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet early in the morning. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the west after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east late in the afternoon...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west early in the evening...then becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and early morning. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east in the late morning and early afternoon...then backing to the northeast until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-222200- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 957 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the morning. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east late in the morning...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west early in the evening...then becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the northeast in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-222200- MAFOR 2215/ HURON NORTH 11420 11510 11600 12510 11500 12510. Waves 3 to 5 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight and Thursday morning. HURON SOUTH 11410 11510 11520 12510 12500 11510. Waves 3 to 5 feet this afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Thursday morning. $$ BC Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftable (all lower case) Graphical marine forecasts are available online at weather.gov/greatlakes (all lower case)