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Lake St Clair Forecast
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
318 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

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...Low pressure, 29.60 inches, will track through the
Ohio Valley today with high pressure centered over Hudson Bay. As
a result, persistent northeast-north winds through tomorrow, but
generally light. Light and variable winds then around for
Saturday as a another low pressure system tracks through far
southern Lower Michigan.

LCZ460-091530-
Lake St Clair-
318 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

.TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of light showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Cloudy this evening becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of light showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in
the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southeast
in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the
southwest after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north 10 to 15
knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy in the morning...then light
showers in the afternoon and evening. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.

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SF

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Forecast Time Series for Lake St Clair

Wind Speed Possibilities

 

Wind Direction and Speed Possibilities

Forecast hourly 18 hours - 3 hourly to 36 hours

 

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Wind Gust Possibilities

 

Gust Direction and Speed Possibilities

Forecast hourly 18 hours - 3 hourly to 36 hours

 

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Wave Heights

Now-15 hours

Significant

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(top 10%)

Wave Heights

18-60 hours

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Wave Height Frequency Distribution

Significant Wave Probabilities

Water Level

Lake St. Clair Currents

 

 

General Forecast Time Series Days 3-7

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Prototype: Under Development: Not to be relied on for Operational Decision Making.