Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
791 FZUS63 KDTX 081336 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 936 AM EDT Tue Sep 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, 30.2 inches, will reside across the eastern Great Lakes today. Low pressure, 29.30 inches, will track across northern Ontario late today and tonight, driving a slow moving cold front across the Great Lakes region tonight into Wednesday. This system will provide showers and few thunderstorms to the lakes. High pressure will expand into the region from the west Thursday into Friday. LCZ460-082145- Lake St Clair- 936 AM EDT Tue Sep 8 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight...then becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Mostly cloudy this evening becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light showers until late afternoon...then light showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. Light showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms early in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Mostly cloudy becoming partly sunny in the afternoon becoming mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ AM Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes