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Great Lakes Forecast
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937 FZUS63 KDTX 161945 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 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...A cold front sinks across the area through the evening with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible, along and south of Saginaw Bay. This will be followed by high pressure, 30.10 inches, moving into the Great Lakes from Canada that will govern conditions through the rest of the week. LHZ361-170345- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the west early in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-170345- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the west in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-170345- 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- 345 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the late evening and overnight. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south early in the evening...then veering to the southwest in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-170345- MAFOR 1621/ HURON NORTH 16710. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 12800 15700. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ MV 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)