Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
370 FZUS63 KDTX 170202 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 1002 PM EDT Sat May 16 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 cold front stalls over southern Lake Huron this morning. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible near the frontal zones this afternoon and may linger through late tonight. The front lifts north as a warm front overnight, resulting in a period of breezy southerly flow and thunderstorm chances through the first half of the work week. LCZ460-171015- Lake St Clair- 1002 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet early in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of light showers ...then light showers likely after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots in the afternoon and evening. Partly sunny with light showers likely in the morning...then partly cloudy with light showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon and evening. A Small Craft Advisory may be needed. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ KDK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes