Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
987 FZUS63 KMQT 141425 GLFLS Open Lake Forecast for Lake Superior National Weather Service Marquette MI 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 For waters beyond 5 nautical miles of shore on Lake Superior. 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...High pressure of 30.3 inches over eastern Quebec will settle over New England this afternoon and tonight. As the high then anchors offshore of the New England Coast from Sunday to Wednesday, it will extend 30.1 inch ridging back into the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, a 29.9 inch low pressure trough across south central Canada and the Dakotas on Sunday will drift into northern Ontario on Monday before dissipating. A 29.4 inch trough will then emerge over the western Great Plains on Tuesday. Low pressure of 29.4 inches will develop along the trough and then lift into Saskatchewan on Wednesday. LSZ162-142230- Lake Superior west of a line from Saxon Harbor WI to Grand Portage MN beyond 5NM- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 /925 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024/ .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots backing east in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering south late. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing east late. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots backing south by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 20 knots becoming southeast 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ263-142230- Lake Superior from Saxon Harbor WI to Upper Entrance to Portage Canal MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian border including Isle Royale National Park- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing east late. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south after midnight. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing east late. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through early afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ264-142230- Lake Superior from Upper Entrance to Portage Canal to Manitou Island MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian Border- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast late. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves building to 1 to 3 feet, then subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through early afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots backing south by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ265-142230- Lake Superior West of Line from Manitou Island to Marquette MI Beyond 5NM from shore- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet building to 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots becoming southwest 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast 10 to 20 knots by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ266-142230- Lake Superior East of a line from Manitou Island to Marquette MI and West of a line from Grand Marais MI to the US/Canadian Border Beyond 5NM from shore- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 to 20 knots backing southeast late. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots late. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves building to 1 to 3 feet, then subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon, then backing southeast late. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ267-142230- Lake Superior from Grand Marais MI to Whitefish Point MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian border- 1025 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering south after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots backing southeast in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers through early afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ261-142230- MAFOR 1415/ Superior West 11300 13200 12300 12400. Waves 1 foot or less. Superior North Central 11410 13310 13410 11400. A chance of showers overnight and Sunday morning. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight and Sunday morning. Superior South Central 12310 12320 14410. A chance of showers Sunday morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon and tonight. Waves 2 feet or less Sunday morning. Superior East 14310 14410. Waves 1 to 2 feet. $$ Voss Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mqt/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes