Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
219 FZUS63 KDTX 222010 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 410 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 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...High pressure, 30.50 inches, builds further east into Quebec today leading to continued modest east-northeast winds over the central Great Lakes. A weak low pressure system should emerge over the northern portion of the Ohio Valley by Wednesday morning, and could lead to some light showers for western Lake Erie. LCZ460-230415- Lake St Clair- 410 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots by midnight...then diminishing to 20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Mostly cloudy this evening becoming partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny in the morning becoming clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ KGK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes