Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
348 FZUS63 KDTX 080210 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 1010 PM EDT Thu May 7 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...Light and variable winds Friday organize out of the southwest Saturday. Breezy southwest flow is expected ahead of a cold front that sweeps across the area Saturday night bringing shower and thunderstorm chances to the Great Lakes. LCZ460-081015- Lake St Clair- 1010 PM EDT Thu May 7 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy this evening becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots late in the morning...then backing to the south early in the afternoon becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny. Light showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots by midnight...then becoming north 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Light showers likely early in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny in the morning becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ MR Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes