FZUS63 KDTX 170142 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 942 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026 For waters beyond five nautical miles off shore on Lake Huron 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...Northerly gales begin to subside after midnight. A ridge of high pressure passes across the central Great Lakes Saturday morning then settles across the Ohio Valley on Sunday. This produces gusty westerly winds on Sunday as deep low pressure tracks across northern Ontario. The high pressure builds northward into the Great Lakes early next week. LHZ361-171000- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 942 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales decreasing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the west late in the morning...then becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon becoming west 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet late in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Gusts to 30 knots early in the evening. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the morning...then becoming light and variable late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-171000- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 942 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds to 30 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales decreasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around 18 feet. .SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots late in the morning...then backing to the west early in the afternoon becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the afternoon...then building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 35 knot gales becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots. Waves 8 to 12 feet subsiding to 4 to 6 feet after midnight. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots in the morning decreasing to 5 to 10 knots...then backing to the south late in the afternoon becoming light and variable. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ462>464-171000- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 942 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...North at 35 knot gales decreasing to 20 to 25 knots. A chance of rain this evening. Waves 12 to 16 feet. Waves occasionally around 20 feet. .SATURDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the morning...then becoming west 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 6 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet in the afternoon. Waves occasionally around 12 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots until afternoon becoming light and variable...then becoming east 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-171000- MAFOR 1703/ HURON NORTH...Gale Warning in effect...11830 11820 11810 11700 11600 12610 11620. Waves 5 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet. Occasional wave height around 10 feet overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Saturday. Waves 2 to 4 feet Saturday evening. HURON SOUTH...Gale Warning in effect...11840 19850 11830 11820 11810 11700 11610 12520. Waves 10 to 14 feet subsiding to 8 to 12 feet. Occasional wave height around 18 feet overnight. Waves 5 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet...THEN subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Occasional wave height around 10 feet Saturday. Waves 3 to 5 feet Saturday evening. $$ TF Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftable (all lower case) Graphical marine forecasts are available online at weather.gov/greatlakes (all lower case)