Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
121 FZUS63 KDTX 230227 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 927 PM EST Thu Jan 22 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...An arctic airmass expands across the Great Lakes through today, bringing elevated winds/waves, freezing spray, and additional periods of snowfall including snow squalls. High pressure, 30.80 inches, expands across the Great Lakes late tonight into Saturday, which will bring lighter winds to the region. LCZ460-231030- Lake St Clair- 927 PM EST Thu Jan 22 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow showers by midnight...then partly cloudy early in the morning. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Partly sunny. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Clear. .SATURDAY...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Partly sunny. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning...then light snow likely in the afternoon and evening. .MONDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves omitted due to ice coverage. $$ AM Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes