


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
008 FZUS63 KDTX 121335 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 935 AM 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, expands over the central Great Lakes through Monday. A cold front is expected to wash out over the western Great Lakes late Monday with broad high pressure then building into the region for midweek. LHZ361-362-122145- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- 935 AM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .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 early in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots 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 late in the morning...then increasing to 20 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots late in the afternoon decreasing to 15 to 20 knots late in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots early in the evening...then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots until afternoon becoming light and variable...then becoming north 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ363-462>464-122145- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 935 AM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025 .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet in the late evening and overnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then backing to the northeast early in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the south after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots until early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet until early morning. $$ LHZ461-122145- MAFOR 1215/ HURON NORTH 15310 11310 11300. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 13200 14310 11310. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Monday morning. $$ SF 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)