Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
668 FZUS63 KDTX 311937 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 337 PM EDT Sat Oct 31 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, 30.50 inches, centered over the eastern Great Lakes today, will expand into the mid Atlantic on Sunday while increasing to 30.60 inches. This high will influence the region through the weekend, sustaining relatively light winds. A slow moving deepening low pressure system will move from the central Plains Monday to northern Minnesota Tuesday. This system will drag a slow moving cold front into the Great Lakes region Tuesday night into Wednesday as the low lifts into northern Ontario. LHZ361>363-010345- 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- 337 PM EDT Sat Oct 31 2026 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. A chance of rain in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...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 afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the south in the late evening and overnight. A chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the late evening and overnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots late in the morning. Rain likely in the morning...then a chance of rain. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots by midnight. A chance of rain. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots backing to the north. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-010345- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 337 PM EDT Sat Oct 31 2026 .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. A chance of rain late in the evening. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots by midnight. A chance of rain early in the morning... then rain likely in the late morning and early afternoon. A chance of rain . Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots backing to the north . A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet until early evening...then building to 2 to 4 feet by midnight. $$ LHZ461-010345- MAFOR 3121/ HURON NORTH 13400 14500 11400. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 13400 11410 12400 11410 11400. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ 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)