Ice Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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Great Lakes Ice Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio
425 PM EST Mon Jan 6 2025
Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can
be found at:
http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/
5 Day Ice Discussion...
Ice continues to form over the southern half of Green Bay and around Big
Bar DeNoc near Escanaba, Wisconsin. Ice has formed in Chequamegon Bay on
Lake Superior and along the south shore between Duluth and the Apostie
Islands. Some ice has begun to form along the Wisconsin`s north shore of
Lake Michigan. Ice has formed around the Sault Ste. Marie area on Lake
Nicolet, Munuscongn Lake, and parts of the St. Marys River. Ice has formed
in Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bar near Alpena. Ice has formed in Sandusky Bay
around the Lake Erie Islands and near Long Point.
Much colder weather and below average temperatures are in the forecast for
this week. An Arctic airmass will move over the Great Lakes Region through
the middle of this week. There is the potential for rapid ice growth near
the Apostle Islands and along the south shores of Lake Superior including
around Duluth and Marquette. Ice will continue to expand on Saginaw Bay
as well as portions of Green Bay. There is medium confidence for ice
formation in the western basin of Lake Erie around and west of the Lake
Erie Islands this week. But shore ice will likely form along the western
shores of Lake Erie this week.
A moderation of temperatures may return late this week into this weekend
but generally remain below freezing. There will be the potential ice
growth to accelerate and water temperatures to cool more quickly through
mid week and slow down by the end of the week.
The Great Lakes ice analysis products can be found at:
http://usicecenter.gov/Products/GreatLakesHome
and
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/#currentconditions
MAX WIND (KNOTS) AT EACH SITE FOR THE 12 HOUR FCST PERIOD
Location Tonight Tue Tue Night Wed Wed Night
West Superior 360/16 360/15 010/12 220/09 220/12
Mid Superior 360/19 360/20 010/16 270/10 230/11
East Superior 010/19 360/20 010/18 360/09 280/09
North Michigan 350/18 330/17 340/16 350/10 320/09
South Michigan 360/19 320/16 320/17 310/16 300/11
North Huron 340/19 330/21 340/18 340/16 340/17
Mid Huron 340/22 330/23 330/22 330/18 330/19
South Huron 330/23 330/23 320/22 320/19 320/20
West Erie 330/21 310/17 320/17 310/14 320/16
East Erie 320/20 310/23 310/20 310/19 310/20
Central Ontario 310/26 300/27 310/25 300/27 310/25
A full graphical forecast of wind on the Great Lakes can be found at:
http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/
Temperature Forecasts for Selected Cities
Location 01/07 01/08 01/09 01/10 01/11 01/12
Duluth 3 14 3 14 5 21 15 26 14 24 17 24
Marquette 17 19 10 17 8 23 17 28 19 28 21 28
GreenBay 12 24 10 19 5 23 15 28 17 30 21 30
Milwaukee 14 26 12 21 12 26 17 28 19 32 23 32
Chicago 19 26 15 23 14 26 17 26 19 30 23 32
Muskegon 23 28 19 24 14 28 23 30 24 32 26 32
Alpena 15 21 10 14 6 23 14 28 21 32 23 32
Detroit 19 28 17 23 10 26 15 28 21 32 23 32
Toledo 19 28 19 24 12 26 14 26 21 30 21 30
Cleveland 24 28 23 24 17 26 15 26 21 32 23 32
Buffalo 19 24 15 21 14 24 17 28 21 30 23 32
A full graphical forecast of the Great Lakes forecast temperatures
can be found at http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/
FREEZING DEGREE DAY ACCUMULATIONS AT SELECTED STATIONS
COMPARED TO NORMAL CALCULATED ON Mon Jan 6:
LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT
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DULUTH, MN JAN 5 652 587
MARQUETTE, MI JAN 5 512 402
SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 5 335 225
GREENBAY, WI JAN 5 297 251
MILWAUKEE, WI JAN 5 117 53
CHICAGO, IL JAN 5 88 55
MUSKEGON, MI JAN 5 50 28
ALPENA, MI JAN 5 217 130
DETROIT, MI JAN 5 69 31
TOLEDO, OH JAN 5 35 34
CLEVELAND, OH JAN 5 13 34
BUFFALO, NY JAN 5 65 19
NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE
GREAT LAKES FOR Mon Jan 6
LOCATION HIGH LOW
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DULUTH,MN 18 -1
MARQUETTE,MI 22 8
GREENBAY,WI 24 7
MILWAUKEE,WI 30 18
CHICAGO,IL 30 14
MUSKEGON,MI 28 13
ALPENA,MI 26 10
DETROIT,MI 31 18
TOLEDO,OH 31 17
CLEVELAND,OH 33 20
BUFFALO,NY 31 19
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