Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
438 FZUS63 KDTX 250907 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 407 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 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...Weak low pressure tracks into the Great Lakes today with widespread rain and modest winds. A stronger low pressure system arriving from the Midwest then rapidly deepens over the northern Great Lakes Wednesday into Wednesday night, leading to a long duration of gales through early Friday. Much cooler air arrives with snow squalls becoming likely Thursday into Friday. LCZ460-251715- Lake St Clair- 407 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers until late afternoon...then showers likely late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Cloudy. Showers likely early in the evening...then a chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Rain showers likely early in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 20 to 25 knots increasing to 35 knot gales with gusts to 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers until late afternoon. A chance of snow showers in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West at 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely until early morning...then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .THURSDAY...West at 35 knot gales diminishing to 30 knots in the afternoon...then increasing to 35 knot gales in the evening. Gusts to 40 knot gales. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .FRIDAY...West at 35 knot gales. Partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Light snow likely. 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