


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
298 FZUS63 KDTX 121949 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 349 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 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 ridge of high pressure, 30.10 inches, holds over the central Great Lakes through Monday. A cold front pivots through the area Tuesday before broad high pressure then builds in for midweek. LHZ361-130400- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 349 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the south in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the northwest after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers early in the morning...then showers likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. $$ LHZ362-363-130400- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 349 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet late in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the west after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 4 to 6 feet in the late morning and afternoon. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots becoming north 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-130400- 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- 349 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the late evening and overnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon...then becoming light and variable late in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .MONDAY 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. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming north 15 to 20 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north 5 to 10 knots until early evening...then veering to the east in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ461-130400- MAFOR 1221/ HURON NORTH 11300 15310 11300. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 11200 14310 12300 11400. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Monday. $$ 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)