Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
928 FZUS63 KDTX 300211 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 1011 PM EDT Tue Sep 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, 30.10 inches, exits east of the central Great Lakes this evening. Southwest winds then slowly increase through tomorrow, ahead of a cold front. This front looks to get hung up over southern lower Michigan, leading to occasional showers in the Wednesday to Friday timeframe. LHZ361-301015- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 1011 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. A chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of rain in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots late in the afternoon... then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon... then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the evening. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming south 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots . A chance of rain in the late morning and early afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet . $$ LHZ362-363-301015- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 1011 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots in the afternoon. Rain likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the morning...then increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots late in the afternoon decreasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the evening. A chance of rain in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet late in the afternoon. .SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming east 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots . Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 4 to 6 feet . Waves occasionally around 8 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-301015- 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- 1011 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain in the evening...then rain likely after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Rain likely. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Rain likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots until early evening...then veering to the east by midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southwest in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the evening becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less building to 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. $$ LHZ461-301015- MAFOR 3003/ HURON NORTH 11410 12500 11516 12426 11420 11410. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet Wednesday. Waves 3 to 5 feet Wednesday evening. HURON SOUTH 11410 14510 13410. A chance of rain Wednesday and Wednesday evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight and Wednesday. Waves 2 to 4 feet Wednesday evening. $$ AA 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)