Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
620 FZUS63 KDTX 081346 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 946 AM EDT Wed Jul 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...High pressure will wash out across the Appalachia region today which will veer winds to the south and southwest over the Great Lakes. A cold front will then push through the Great Lakes Thursday and bring increasing coverage of showers and embedded thunderstorms. Lingering shower and storm chances continue Friday across the southern Great Lakes. LCZ460-082200- Lake St Clair- 946 AM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots by midnight...then veering to the west early in the morning. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy early in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms ...then a chance of light showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Partly cloudy then clearing. A chance of light showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Southeast 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