Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
595 FZUS63 KDTX 210813 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 413 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 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, 30.00 inches, maintains influence across the central and eastern Great Lakes today. The next low pressure system then arrives Saturday, dragging a cold front across the area and increasing shower and thunderstorm chances. Post-frontal northwest flow leads to gusty winds Sunday. LCZ460-211615- Lake St Clair- 413 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026 .TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of light showers late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. A chance of light showers in the late morning and early afternoon. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. Becoming mostly clear in the late evening and overnight. Light showers and a chance of thunderstorms early in the evening...then a chance of light showers by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Mostly sunny in the morning...then mostly clear with a chance of light showers in the afternoon and evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ BT Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes