Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
584 FZUS63 KDTX 051941 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 341 PM EDT Sun May 5 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 weak cold front will finish tracking east through the area this afternoon. High pressure builds into the region late Sunday and persists through Monday and into much of Tuesday. A warm front then moves through late Tuesday before an occluding low pressure system arrives Tuesday night into Wednesday. A second low pressure system follows on Thursday. LHZ361-060345- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 341 PM EDT Sun May 5 2024 .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots until early morning becoming light and variable. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. A chance of. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet early in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Showers likely. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northwest late in the morning...then veering to the northeast late in the evening. A chance of showers. A chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely early in the morning...then a chance of showers until early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots backing to the northwest until early morning. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ362-363-060345- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 341 PM EDT Sun May 5 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the morning. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. A chance of. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet early in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Showers likely in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the morning...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers in the morning. A chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the afternoon. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely early in the morning. A chance of showers until early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-060345- 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- 341 PM EDT Sun May 5 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the northeast after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the south after midnight. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then showers likely after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the afternoon. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely early in the morning. A chance of showers until early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ461-060345- MAFOR 0521/ HURON NORTH 13710 13700 11600 11500. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Monday. HURON SOUTH 12810 15800. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Monday. $$ DRK 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)