Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
380 FZUS63 KDTX 081347 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 947 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 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...Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible today as a cold front tracks through the central Great Lakes. Winds shift to the northwest and briefly top out at in 20 to 25 knot range over northern Lake Huron late today into the evening. High pressure, 30.00 inches, slides east through the Ohio Valley Saturday night, allowing winds to become southerly once again for Sunday. LCZ460-082200- Lake St Clair- 947 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west late with gusts up to 20 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Light and variable winds becoming south 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy . A chance of light showers. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots in the evening. Partly cloudy. Light showers in the morning. A chance of thunderstorms. Light showers likely in the afternoon and evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes