Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
711 FZUS63 KDTX 280255 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 955 PM EST Sat Dec 27 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...Low pressure, deepening to 28.90 inches, moves into the region Sunday night, bringing widespread strong gales, snow squalls, and freezing spray through Monday as arctic air surges into the region. A cold northwest flow pattern will dominate through much of the week. LCZ460-281100- Lake St Clair- 955 PM EST Sat Dec 27 2025 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Light rain likely early in the morning...then rain in the late morning and afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots by midnight...then increasing to 35 knot gales with gusts to 40 knot gales after midnight. Rain. Light rain and light snow likely after midnight. A Gale Warning may be needed. .MONDAY...Southwest at 35 knot gales becoming west to 30 knots early in the afternoon. Gusts to 40 knot gales. Light snow likely early in the morning...then light snow in the late morning and afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest at 35 knot gales diminishing to 30 knots after midnight. Gusts to 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy. Light snow early in the evening...then a chance of light snow by midnight. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds to 30 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon...then increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 20 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow. .THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of light snow. Waves omitted due to ice coverage. $$ BT Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes