Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
315 FZUS63 KDTX 081336 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 936 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 For waters beyond five nautical miles off shore on Lake Huron 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...Occluded Midwestern low pressure, 29.40 inches, tracks through the Straits this morning before a secondary low pressure system develops over hte Ohio Valley tonight. This low lifts into the southern Great Lakes Thursday. LHZ361-082200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 936 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southwest late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east in the late morning and early afternoon...then backing to the east 5 to 10 knots early in the evening backing to the northwest in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ362-363-082200- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 936 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .REST OF TODAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots veering to the northwest late in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southeast late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the north until early evening...then backing to the northwest in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers early in the morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then backing to the east early in the evening veering to the south in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-082200- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 936 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 knots veering to the west late in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the afternoon...then veering to the southeast late in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northeast early in the evening...then backing to the northwest in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southeast early in the evening...then becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-082200- MAFOR 0815/ HURON NORTH 11716 11816 12700 11800 13100. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 11610 11710 11810 12800 12100 11110. A chance of showers this afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ TF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftable (all lower case) Graphical marine forecasts are available online at weather.gov/greatlakes (all lower case)