Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
507 FZUS63 KDTX 050147 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 947 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026 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...Warm south-southwest flow will continue through Friday. Numerous showers and a few thunderstorms will develop late Friday and Friday evening as a surface low tracks through the Central Great Lakes. A weak cold front will then sink southward on Saturday, potentially triggering scattered strong thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Light northeast winds follow for Saturday night and Sunday with dry conditions. LHZ361-051000- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 947 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the morning...then showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable...then becoming west 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable...then becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then increasing to 15 to 20 knots early in the evening becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less building to 3 to 5 feet. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. $$ LHZ362-363-051000- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 947 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 5 to 10 knots after midnight. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots by midnight...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots in the morning becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots until early evening...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-051000- 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- 947 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds becoming north 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-051000- MAFOR 0503/ HURON NORTH 11400 11500 11400 11500 11400 11406 12400. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 13400 12500 13406. A chance of thunderstorms Friday evening. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ BT 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)