Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
127 FZUS63 KDTX 220803 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 403 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 will reach 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. LHZ361-221615- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 403 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the southwest in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots after midnight...then becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .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...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east late in the afternoon...then increasing to 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 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. $$ LHZ362-363-221615- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 403 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the west after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east late in the afternoon...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west early in the evening...then becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east in the late morning and early afternoon...then backing to the northeast until early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-221615- 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- 403 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024 .TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .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 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-221615- MAFOR 2209/ HURON NORTH 11320 12420 11510 11600 11610 11510 11500. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet. HURON SOUTH 13420 13520 11510 11500. Waves 2 to 4 feet today. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight. $$ AM 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)