Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
411 FZUS63 KDTX 210136 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 936 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 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 cold front tracks across the Great Lakes late tonight, with potential for strong to severe thunderstorms in its wake. A second cold front then sweeps across the area Tuesday evening, bringing a brief period of gusts to gale force. High pressure fills in mid-week for a drier pattern to end the work week. LCZ460-210945- Lake St Clair- 936 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Partly cloudy this evening becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy smoke. A chance of light showers early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet early in the morning. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 20 to 25 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny. A chance of light showers early in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Patchy smoke late in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the late evening and overnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Patchy smoke early in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the late evening and overnight. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming south 5 to 10 knots in the evening. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SC Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes