Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
574 FZUS63 KDTX 270811 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 411 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 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...Low pressure to the west affects the central Great Lakes through the weekend. The system brings increasing southwest winds and a pattern of showers and thunderstorms through Monday as a similar system follows in-trail. The initial cold front stalls over Lake Huron and Lower Michigan until disloding Monday night. LHZ361-362-271615- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- 411 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 .TODAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots becoming south 20 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots late in the morning...then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots after midnight. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 4 to 6 feet in the late evening and overnight. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .MONDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales decreasing to 10 to 15 knots. Showers...then a chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the evening veering to the southeast in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots until early evening...then becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ363-462>464-271615- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 411 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 .TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots in the morning. Showers likely in the morning. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. A chance of showers in the morning...then showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Showers likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the morning...then becoming south 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. A chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then veering to the northeast until early morning. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-271615- MAFOR 2709/ HURON NORTH 11320 11436 11430 13420 11510 11600. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Waves 5 to 7 feet building to 8 to 12 feet. Occasional wave height around 15 feet today. Waves 5 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet. Occasional wave height around 10 feet tonight. HURON SOUTH 11326 11436 12420 13410 11510. A chance of thunderstorms tonight. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Occasional wave height around 10 feet today. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight. $$ KGK 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)