FZUS63 KDTX 150742 GLFSC Lake St Clair Forecast National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 342 AM EDT Thu Oct 15 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...High pressure, 30.30 inches, passes across the northern Great Lakes this morning. Low pressure is forecast to strengthen to 29.60 inches as it tracks across the central Great Lakes Thursday night and early Friday. A strong cold front in its wake brings likely northerly gales late Friday. LCZ460-151545- Lake St Clair- 342 AM EDT Thu Oct 15 2026 .TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots late in the evening...then becoming south 20 to 25 knots after midnight veering to the southwest with gusts to 30 knots early in the morning. Cloudy. Rain likely. A chance of light rain early in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet after midnight. .FRIDAY...West winds 20 to 25 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain early in the morning. A chance of light rain early in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 20 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots in the late evening and overnight. Mostly cloudy early in the evening becoming partly cloudy. A chance of light rain early in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet. A Small Craft Advisory may be needed. .SATURDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon...then backing to the west in the evening. Clear. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less in the afternoon and evening. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ KDK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftablesc Graphical marine forecasts are available at weather.gov/greatlakes