Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
693 FZUS63 KDTX 220722 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 322 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 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, 30.60 inches, builds into Quebec today leading to continued modest east-northeast winds over the central Great Lakes with mainly dry conditions. Sporadic light shower chances exist over Lake St. Clair and western Erie tonight. A weak low pressure system should emerge over the northern portion of the Ohio Valley on Wednesday, and could lead to slightly broader coverage of showers for the south-central Great Lakes on Wednesday. LCZ460-221530- Lake St Clair- 322 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .TODAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots becoming east to 30 knots by midnight...then diminishing to 20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Partly cloudy this evening becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 30 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ MR Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes