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Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
844 FZUS63 KDTX 140133 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 933 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 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...High pressure, around 30.10 inches, holds over the central Great Lakes through Wednesday. Unsettled weather and moderate winds then arrive Thursday into this weekend as Midwestern low pressure slowly tracks over the Great Lakes. LHZ361>363-140945- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 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- 933 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms. Rain showers likely late in the afternoon. A chance of waterspouts late in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming west 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning...then showers likely in the late morning and early afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-140945- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 933 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of waterspouts. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the evening. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots until early morning. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-140945- MAFOR 1403/ HURON NORTH 13600 11700 11600 13500. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 11400 14500 11400 12300. Waves nearly calm. $$ KDK 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)