Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
810 FZUS63 KMQT 150202 GLFLS Open Lake Forecast for Lake Superior National Weather Service Marquette MI 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 For waters beyond 5 nautical miles of shore on Lake Superior. 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 30.3 inch high pressure over Maine settles south over New England tonight. As the high then anchors offshore of the New England Coast from Sunday to Wednesday, it will extend 30.0 inch ridging back into the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, a 29.9 inch low pressure trough across south central Canada and the Dakotas on Sunday will drift into northern Ontario on Monday before dissipating. A 29.4 inch trough then emerges over the western Great Plains on Tuesday. This trough develops into a 29.3 inch low pressure system over southern Saskatchewan on Wednesday, lifting northeast toward northern Manitoba on Thursday. LSZ162-151015- Lake Superior west of a line from Saxon Harbor WI to Grand Portage MN beyond 5NM- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 /902 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024/ .REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots backing northeast after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing east late. A slight chance of showers. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east 10 to 20 knots by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 20 knots becoming south 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ263-151015- Lake Superior from Saxon Harbor WI to Upper Entrance to Portage Canal MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian border including Isle Royale National Park- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering south after midnight. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast late. A slight chance of thunderstorms through early afternoon. A slight chance of showers. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing east by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ264-151015- Lake Superior from Upper Entrance to Portage Canal to Manitou Island MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian Border- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south after midnight. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A slight chance of thunderstorms through early afternoon. A slight chance of showers. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves building to 1 to 3 feet, then subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots backing south by mid afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ265-151015- Lake Superior West of Line from Manitou Island to Marquette MI Beyond 5NM from shore- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots late. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots after midnight. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves building to 1 to 3 feet, then subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast by mid afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots veering southwest after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast 10 to 20 knots by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ266-151015- Lake Superior East of a line from Manitou Island to Marquette MI and West of a line from Grand Marais MI to the US/Canadian Border Beyond 5NM from shore- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots by mid afternoon. A slight chance of thunderstorms through early afternoon. A slight chance of showers. Waves subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast 10 to 20 knots by late afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 10 to 20 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ267-151015- Lake Superior from Grand Marais MI to Whitefish Point MI 5NM off shore to the US/Canadian border- 1002 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 knots veering south late. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 20 knots becoming southeast 5 to 15 knots in the afternoon, then veering south late. Waves calm to 2 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots after midnight. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Waves building to 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves subsiding to calm to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots backing southeast by mid afternoon. Waves calm to 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots veering south after midnight. Waves calm to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves calm to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots veering south. Waves calm to 2 feet. $$ LSZ261-151015- MAFOR 1503/ Superior West 13300 12400 12300 11410. Waves 1 foot or less. Superior North Central 14410 12400 11310 11410. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight through Sunday morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Superior South Central 14410 11410 11310 11410 11420. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Superior East 14410 11400 11300 11310 11410. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ Jablonski Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mqt/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes