Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
441 FZUS63 KDTX 291343 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 943 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2026 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, 30.20 inches, drifts eastward and away from the eastern Great Lakes today. Active pattern returns late Sunday into Monday as a warm front lifts through the area bringing showers and storms. LHZ361-292200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 943 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming light and variable early in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the evening. A chance of showers in the morning...then showers likely late in the morning. A chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots by midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the northwest by midnight. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-292200- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 943 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southwest after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms . Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south early in the evening...then backing to the south 5 to 10 knots by midnight. A chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-292200- 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- 943 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the morning...then showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southeast after midnight. Showers in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the south late in the evening. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers early in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north by midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning...then a chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-292200- MAFOR 2915/ HURON NORTH 11510 12400 11500 11600 12500 11406. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 12510 11400 11500 11600 11500 12400. A chance of showers overnight and Sunday morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less tonight and Sunday morning. $$ TF 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)