Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
145 FZUS63 KDTX 121939 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 339 PM EDT Tue May 12 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...Low pressure of 29.70 inches will track west to east across the northern Great Lakes through Wednesday. This system will bring increasing south winds this afternoon and evening, followed by gusty west and northwest winds for Wednesday. Showers and a few thunderstorms accompany the arrival of this system this evening and into the overnight hours. LCZ460-130345- Lake St Clair- 339 PM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Light showers by midnight. A chance of light showers early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy early in the morning becoming mostly sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots by midnight...then becoming light and variable after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ MV Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes