Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
131 FZUS63 KDTX 040803 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 403 AM EDT Sun Oct 4 2026 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, 30.30 inches, will quickly exit east of the region Tonight. Low pressure of 29.62 inches then tracks east across southern Ontario Tonight into Sunday, intensifying to around 29.44 inches as it tracks east across the James Bay area Sunday night. This low will drive a cold front across the region on Sunday, resulting in south winds to start the day becoming west and northwesterly throughout Sunday afternoon and evening. Northwest winds increase to around 25 to 30 knots Sunday night into Monday morning, with gale force gusts to 35 knots appearing more likely. LCZ460-041615- Lake St Clair- 403 AM EDT Sun Oct 4 2026 .TODAY...Light and variable winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots by midnight...then diminishing to 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon...then increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ CB Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes