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Lake St Clair Forecast
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
945 AM EDT Tue May 5 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 cold front will ease across western Lake Erie into
the lower Great Lakes this evening. Low pressure will develop
along this front over the Ohio Valley, causing wind over the
central Great Lakes to organize out of the northeast on
Wednesday. Broad high pressure then builds into the Ohio Valley
and southern Great Lakes Thursday into Friday.

LCZ460-052200-
Lake St Clair-
945 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026

.REST OF TODAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light
showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots this evening becoming light
and variable...then becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots early in the
morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light showers. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the west early in
the afternoon. Partly sunny. A chance of light showers early in the
morning. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy
early in the evening becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in
the evening. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of
showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance
of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

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