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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.

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