


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
513 FZUS63 KDTX 181946 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 346 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 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...High pressure, 30.30 inches, departs east into southern Quebec this evening. Low pressure, 29.90 inches, then tracks across the central Great Lakes on Tuesday, triggering showers and thunderstorms. Gusty northeast wind will follow the departure of this system on Wednesday. High pressure builds in from the northern Great Lakes through the late week. LCZ460-190400- Lake St Clair- 346 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots early in the morning. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. A chance of light showers. A chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northeast after midnight. Partly cloudy until early morning becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms early in the evening. A chance of light showers until early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Mostly sunny in the morning becoming clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ TF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes