Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
511 FZUS63 KDTX 280738 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 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...A low pressure system pulls a cold front across the region through Tuesday morning. The low then stalls near the eastern Great Lakes while high pressure builds into the western Great Lakes Tuesday into Thursday. This maintains a period of moderate northerly flow through midweek. LCZ460-281545- Lake St Clair- 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 .TODAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots in the evening. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ SC Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes