Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
086 FZUS63 KDTX 022043 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 343 PM EST Mon Nov 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...A slow moving deepening low pressure system will move into the Upper Midwest by Tuesday. This will result in increasing southerly winds topping out in the 20 to 30 knot range. This system will drag a slow moving cold front into the Great Lakes region Tuesday night into Wednesday as the low weakens and tracks through Lake Superior on Thursday. LCZ460-030500- Lake St Clair- 343 PM EST Mon Nov 2 2026 .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny until late afternoon. Light rain likely early in the morning...then light rain in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy with light rain early in the evening...then mostly cloudy with light rain likely by midnight. Partly cloudy after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny...then partly cloudy with a chance of light rain in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ TF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes