Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
460 FZUS63 KDTX 180736 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 336 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 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...Southwest winds, related to a Bermuda high, 30.30 inches, will continue to pump hot and humid air into the Central Great Lakes through mid week. Winds likely shift to light north/northeast over Lake Huron Thursday and Friday as surface front boundary sinks south in response to high pressure tracking through Ontario. LHZ361-181545- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 336 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024 .TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then veering to the west early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots until early morning becoming light and variable. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Light and variable winds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Light and variable winds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-181545- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 336 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the west after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northwest late in the morning...then veering to the northwest 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the northeast in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots until early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until afternoon...then showers and thunderstorms likely until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-181545- 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- 336 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024 .TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southeast until early evening...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-181545- MAFOR 1809/ HURON NORTH 15410 11410 11400. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet today. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight. HURON SOUTH 16410. A chance of showers and thunderstorms today and this evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ SC 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)