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Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
243 FZUS63 KDTX 052001 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 401 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 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 low pressure system moves in from the Midwest today while strengthening slightly to 29.70 inches. Showers and thunderstorms will accompany this system, some of which may be strong to severe. A cold front moves through tonight with unsettled conditions continuing into Saturday as a trough lingers over the region. Weak high pressure then fills in on Sunday. Another period of active weather is expected for the start of the week as a frontal boundary moves into the area. LHZ361-060415- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 401 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .TONIGHT...Light and variable winds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming west 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-060415- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 401 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Scattered thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the south early in the evening...then veering to the west in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southeast early in the evening...then backing to the northeast in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-060415- 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- 401 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots in the evening becoming light and variable...then becoming south 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Scattered thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the south after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the west in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-060415- MAFOR 0521/ HURON NORTH 11106 11106 19109 12100 13800 11700. Waves 2 feet or less. HURON SOUTH 12106 19109 11100 11800 14700. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ 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)