Ice Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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Great Lakes Ice Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio
508 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2025
Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can
be found at:
http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/
5 Day Ice Discussion...
Lake Erie remains mostly ice covered, though there is a lack of fast ice
with much of the ice lose and shifting around with the wind. The rest of
the Great Lakes generally have limited amounts of ice in the open waters
with greater coverage of ice in the nearshore waters and in bays...this
includes Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, Green Bay on Lake Michigan, the
Straits of Mackinac, and Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. Low pressure will pass
north of the Great Lakes Thursday and Thursday night. This will bring
strong west winds shifting northwest Thursday through Friday. A Gale
Warning is in effect for much of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake
Huron for this time period. These winds will cause ice to shift east on
Lake Erie through Friday. On the other lakes, shore ice may break off from
the western shorelines and drift east with those strong winds. A Heavy
Freezing Spray Warning is in effect for Lake Superior as well.
Lake Erie, southern Lake Michigan and southern Lake Huron will see milder,
above freezing temperatures Thursday. Otherwise, temperatures will fall
back below freezing Friday through early next week across the southern
Great Lakes, favoring slow to moderate ice growth. The northern Great
Lakes will generally experience temperatures ranging from the single
digits to 20s over the next several days, favoring moderate ice growth.
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 Thu Thu Night Fri Fri Night
West Superior 260/29 280/34 300/31 270/20 020/07
Mid Superior 220/22 290/34 310/33 290/21 320/09
East Superior 180/23 290/35 310/34 290/23 310/08
North Michigan 240/21 270/31 290/28 260/12 030/06
South Michigan 260/22 270/29 300/30 270/11 100/12
North Huron 160/17 280/35 280/34 280/21 300/08
Mid Huron 140/17 270/33 270/32 260/17 300/06
South Huron 130/17 260/29 270/29 270/15 300/07
West Erie 090/12 250/19 260/20 270/10 080/07
East Erie 140/11 240/30 240/29 260/18 190/04
Central Ontario 140/21 250/37 270/39 280/29 290/12
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 02/06 02/07 02/08 02/09 02/10 02/11
Duluth 14 23 1 19 5 21 -3 17 -3 14 -1 8
Marquette 17 28 12 23 10 23 12 21 8 19 3 14
GreenBay 21 32 6 23 12 26 10 21 3 21 -1 15
Milwaukee 28 39 14 30 23 30 17 26 10 26 10 23
Chicago 30 41 21 32 28 35 23 30 17 32 19 26
Muskegon 24 37 19 26 21 28 21 28 19 26 15 24
Alpena 17 32 14 23 10 24 17 26 12 26 6 19
Detroit 26 37 21 28 21 30 26 32 17 30 17 26
Toledo 26 41 23 32 24 30 26 33 19 30 19 28
Cleveland 28 44 23 30 23 33 28 33 23 32 21 30
Buffalo 19 41 21 26 17 32 24 30 19 28 15 28
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 Tue Feb 4:
LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT
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DULUTH, MN FEB 3 1259 1217
MARQUETTE, MI FEB 3 1036 921
SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 31 1250 1095
GREENBAY, WI FEB 3 698 576
MILWAUKEE, WI FEB 3 355 323
CHICAGO, IL FEB 3 290 285
MUSKEGON, MI FEB 3 214 192
ALPENA, MI JAN 31 909 887
DETROIT, MI FEB 3 259 278
TOLEDO, OH FEB 3 172 243
CLEVELAND, OH FEB 3 97 255
BUFFALO, NY FEB 3 282 267
NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE
GREAT LAKES FOR Tue Feb 4
LOCATION HIGH LOW
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DULUTH,MN 22 3
MARQUETTE,MI 24 8
GREENBAY,WI 27 10
MILWAUKEE,WI 32 18
CHICAGO,IL 33 17
MUSKEGON,MI 31 16
ALPENA,MI 28 9
DETROIT,MI 33 18
TOLEDO,OH 34 18
CLEVELAND,OH 35 20
BUFFALO,NY 32 17
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