Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
853 FZUS63 KDTX 210141 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 941 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 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...High pressure around 30.30 inches is expanding across the northern Great Lakes and Ontario resulting in light north/northeast winds across the region behind a sinking cold front. Northerly winds will persist into Friday before high pressure to the south pushes back into the region. LHZ361-210945- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 941 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Light and variable winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening... then showers likely after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely in the morning...then showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots until early evening...then backing to the southwest in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ362-363-210945- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 941 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable...then becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening... then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southeast in the late morning and early afternoon...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the south after midnight. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late evening and overnight. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west late in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet until early morning. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet until early morning. $$ LHZ462>464-210945- 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- 941 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then showers and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the northwest late in the afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the evening. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers until early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-210945- MAFOR 2103/ HURON NORTH 11700 13800 11100 11200 12100. A chance of showers Friday and Friday evening. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 11800 11100 14800 12100. A chance of showers Friday afternoon and Friday evening. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ 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)