Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
941 FZUS63 KDTX 161348 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 948 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 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 of 30.20 inches moves over the Northeast through today as low pressure of 29.6 inches moves east across Ontario. As the low tracks east, it will push a cold front across the central Great Lakes region late this evening. This cold front brings in a 6-8 hour bout of 20-25 knot northwest winds tonight into early Monday morning and chances for thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. LCZ460-162200- Lake St Clair- 948 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light showers in the late morning and early afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Light showers likely late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots by midnight...then veering to the north early in the morning. Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east by midnight...then becoming light and variable after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Sunny becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SS Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes