Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
734 FZUS63 KDTX 022042 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 342 PM EST Mon Mar 2 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 over the Northeast governs conditions across the central Great Lakes this evening as winds decline. An area of troughing extends eastward through the Ohio Valley offering potential for a bit of freezing drizzle across parts of Lake St. Clair and western Erie early Tuesday morning before changing over to liquid rain midday. Dry weather and light winds return Wednesday morning as high pressure briefly spills across Lower Michigan. Winds pick back up by Thursday as a rain producing warm low lifts into the south while Canadian high pressure builds into James Bay. LCZ460-030445- Lake St Clair- 342 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2026 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Partly cloudy. A chance of light rain early in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. A chance of light rain in the morning...then rain in the afternoon and evening. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy with light rain likely. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy with light rain likely. Waves omitted due to ice coverage. $$ KGK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes