Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
543 FZUS63 KDTX 030854 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 354 AM EST Tue Mar 3 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...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 this 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. LCZ460-031700- Lake St Clair- 354 AM EST Tue Mar 3 2026 .TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable. Mostly cloudy. .TONIGHT...Light and variable winds. Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy by midnight becoming mostly cloudy. .WEDNESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy early in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain and freezing rain after midnight. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Light rain likely in the morning.. then rain in the afternoon and evening. .FRIDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy with light rain likely. .SATURDAY...West winds 20 to 25 knots. Light rain. Waves omitted due to ice coverage. $$ DRK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes