Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
105 FZUS63 KDTX 021400 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 900 AM EST Mon Nov 2 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...A slow moving deepening low pressure system will move into the Upper Midwest by Tuesday. This will result in increasing southerly winds topping out in the 20 to 30 knot range. This system will drag a slow moving cold front into the Great Lakes region Tuesday night into Wednesday as the low weakens and tracks through Lake Superior on Thursday. LHZ361-362-022200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- 900 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the south after midnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late evening and overnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain in the morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. Rain likely. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots until early evening...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots by midnight. A chance of rain early in the morning...then rain likely . Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet by midnight. $$ LHZ363-462>464-022200- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 900 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain in the morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of rain late in the morning. Rain likely late in the afternoon...then a chance of rain late in the evening. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ461-022200- MAFOR 0216/ HURON NORTH 12400 13410 12416 11426. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 3 to 5 feet Tuesday morning. HURON SOUTH 11400 15410 11410. A chance of rain overnight and Tuesday morning. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight and Tuesday morning. $$ KGK 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)