Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
773 FZUS63 KDTX 252047 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 347 PM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 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...Weak low pressure tracks through the Great Lakes today with occasional rain and modest winds. A stronger low pressure system arriving from the Midwest then rapidly deepens over the northern Great Lakes Wednesday into Wednesday night, leading to a long duration of gales through early Friday. Much cooler air arrives with snow squalls becoming likely Thursday into Friday. The next system will work through the area on Sunday. LCZ460-260500- Lake St Clair- 347 PM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog. A chance of light rain early in the evening. A chance of light rain early in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 20 to 25 knots increasing to 35 knot gales with gusts to 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain until late afternoon. A chance of light snow in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 4 to 6 feet late in the afternoon. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West at 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy. Light snow likely until early morning...then a chance of light snow after midnight. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .THURSDAY...West at 35 knot gales diminishing to 30 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Gusts to 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West at 35 knot gales. Mostly cloudy early in the evening becoming partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon and evening. Partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the afternoon and evening. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Light snow. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Light rain and snow. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ TF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes