Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
721 FZUS63 KDTX 271346 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 946 AM EDT Mon Apr 27 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...The next low, 29.30 inches, will track through Lake Superior tonight. Brief southerly gales over the north half of Lake Huron expected, along with showers and embedded thunderstorms as the cold front passes through Tuesday morning. LCZ460-272200- Lake St Clair- 946 AM EDT Mon Apr 27 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming south 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots. A chance of light showers late in the evening. Light showers and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and early afternoon...then becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. A chance of light showers until late afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light showers...then partly cloudy in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes