NWS Marine Forecast

   LHZ421-171015-  Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner  Saginaw Bay-  1002 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026    DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY    REST OF TONIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots in the late  evening and early morning becoming light and variable. Partly  cloudy. Patchy dense fog this evening, then widespread dense fog  after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.  FRIDAY  Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots in  the late morning and afternoon. Mostly cloudy early in the  morning becoming partly cloudy. Widespread dense fog early in the  morning, then areas of fog in the late morning and early  afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less.  FRIDAY NIGHT  Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 20 to  25 knots with gusts to 30 knots in the late evening and overnight.  Partly cloudy until early morning, then mostly cloudy with showers  likely and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3  feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late evening and overnight. Waves  occasionally around 7 feet. A Small Craft Advisory may be needed.  SATURDAY  South winds 20 to 25 knots veering to the west early  in the afternoon. Gusts to 30 knots. Mostly cloudy until late  afternoon becoming partly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms early  in the morning. Light showers likely until late afternoon, then a  chance of showers early in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet.  Waves occasionally around 6 feet.    See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.    $$