Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
515 FZUS63 KDTX 210729 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 329 AM EDT Tue May 21 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 warm front lifts north today as a low pressure system moves into the Great Lakes from the Plains. This low, 29.10 inches, reaches western Lake Superior Wednesday morning with the associated cold front moving through the central Lakes during the day. High pressure then builds in through Friday. LHZ361-362-211530- 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- 329 AM EDT Tue May 21 2024 .TODAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the west in the late morning and early afternoon...then veering to the west 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers until afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ363-462>464-211530- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 329 AM EDT Tue May 21 2024 .TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northeast late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet early in the morning. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the morning...then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the evening. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north until early evening...then veering to the northeast in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southeast in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-211530- MAFOR 2109/ HURON NORTH 11806 12700 11600 13300 11310. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 11406 12500 11400 13300 11410. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ MR 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)