Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
144 FZUS63 KDTX 280736 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 336 AM EDT Tue Apr 28 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...A low pressure system, 29.30 inches, exits Lake Superior and moves into central Ontario this morning as its expansive low-level wind field migrates across the central Great Lakes. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected before the cold front passes through midday. LCZ460-281545- Lake St Clair- 336 AM EDT Tue Apr 28 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...South winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Cloudy early in the morning becoming partly sunny. A chance of light showers early in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of light showers early in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny in the morning becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ AA Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes