Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
381 FZUS63 KDTX 012038 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 338 PM EST Sun Nov 1 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 from the central Plains Monday to northern Minnesota 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>363-020445- 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- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 338 PM EST Sun Nov 1 2026 .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Light and variable winds becoming south 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain in the evening. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. A chance of rain in the morning...then rain likely late in the morning. A chance of rain late in the evening. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west by midnight. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots . A chance of rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-020445- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 338 PM EST Sun Nov 1 2026 .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. Rain likely. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the west by midnight. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet until early evening...then building to 2 to 4 feet by midnight. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots veering to the north until early evening...then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots by midnight. A chance of rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet. $$ LHZ461-020445- MAFOR 0122/ HURON NORTH 11400 14500 11500 12400. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 12400 14500 11400 11410. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SF 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)