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GREAT LAKES ICE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
514 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2026
ACTIVE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ON THE GREAT LAKES CAN
BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GREATLAKES/
5 DAY ICE DISCUSSION...
AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION, ICE COVERAGE
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES CONTINUES TO DIMINISH. TODAY, THE ESTIMATED ICE
COVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION IS AT 28 PERCENT. RECENTLY CLEAR SKIES HAVE
PROVIDED AN UNOBSTRUCTED SATELLITE IMAGE OF MOST OF THE REGION, ALLOWING
TO CONFIDENTLY TELL WHERE ICE REMAINS. ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THE LINGERING
ICE IS ISOLATED TO THE SOUTHERN SHORE WITH MANY OF THE BAYS/INLETS STILL
ICE COVERED. MUCH OF THE STRAIGHT OF MACKINAC AND AREAS NEAR SAULT STE.
MARIE ALSO REMAIN COVERED. ICE HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN, ALTHOUGH GREEN BAY AND AREAS NEAREST THE STRAITS DO STILL HAVE
QUITE A BIT OF ICE. MOVING SOUTH ON LAKE HURON, A LARGE PORTION OF THE
CENTER PART OF THE LAKE HAS OPENED UP WITH SAGINAW BAY STILL
COVERED. ACROSS LAKE ERIE MUCH OF THE WESTERN BASIN HAS BECOME ICE FREE
WITH THE BULK OF ICE ISOLATED TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BASINS, ALTHOUGH
BECOMING THINNER.
ALTHOUGH SPRING HAS ARRIVED RECENTLY, WINTER WILL NUDGE BACK INTO THE AREA
LATER THIS WEEK, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE SLOW GROWTH OF ICE ACROSS THE
REGION. THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTED BY ICE GROWTH.
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION, CONTINUED ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO DECAY THE ICE WITH SOME
SLOW DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE LATE WEEK. WINDS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL REMAIN
BELOW 20 KNOTS BEFORE A ROBUST LOW INCREASES WINDS TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY
MID WEEK. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE CONTINUED BREAKUP OF
EXISTING ICE AND DRIFTING OF ICE THAT REMAINS.
THE GREAT LAKES ICE ANALYSIS PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://USICECENTER.GOV/PRODUCTS/GREATLAKESHOME
AND
HTTP://WWW.GLERL.NOAA.GOV/DATA/ICE/#CURRENTCONDITIONS
MAX WIND (KNOTS) AT EACH SITE FOR THE 12 HOUR FCST PERIOD
LOCATION TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED WED NIGHT
WEST SUPERIOR 060/16 060/17 040/13 020/11 350/13
MID SUPERIOR 020/13 080/14 030/15 360/17 010/20
EAST SUPERIOR 030/13 080/18 060/16 360/21 010/23
NORTH MICHIGAN 050/15 050/21 050/21 350/21 340/23
SOUTH MICHIGAN 170/11 030/17 350/22 340/29 330/28
NORTH HURON 050/13 060/24 060/24 350/23 340/29
MID HURON 040/10 060/19 060/19 340/23 330/24
SOUTH HURON 040/09 090/15 040/16 320/26 320/28
WEST ERIE 220/11 190/14 210/17 230/18 300/20
EAST ERIE 220/09 130/09 190/13 240/20 270/20
CENTRAL ONTARIO 240/08 060/16 070/18 070/17 270/25
A FULL GRAPHICAL FORECAST OF WIND ON THE GREAT LAKES CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GREATLAKES/
TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR SELECTED CITIES
LOCATION 03/10 03/11 03/12 03/13 03/14 03/15
DULUTH 30 32 26 39 28 37 26 35 17 35 19 30
MARQUETTE 28 32 26 30 24 30 23 32 17 30 19 28
GREENBAY 35 42 30 37 28 41 30 41 23 41 26 37
MILWAUKEE 39 44 35 41 30 42 35 44 28 41 30 42
CHICAGO 50 53 41 46 32 46 41 50 32 41 35 50
MUSKEGON 41 53 37 41 28 39 32 42 28 39 30 41
ALPENA 35 39 28 32 19 30 21 35 21 33 24 32
DETROIT 50 66 46 59 35 41 33 48 30 42 32 46
TOLEDO 55 71 57 64 30 42 35 48 28 42 35 50
CLEVELAND 55 68 57 68 32 41 33 50 30 44 35 55
BUFFALO 44 59 48 59 32 35 26 42 28 37 28 46
A FULL GRAPHICAL FORECAST OF THE GREAT LAKES FORECAST TEMPERATURES
CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GREATLAKES/
FREEZING DEGREE DAY ACCUMULATIONS AT SELECTED STATIONS
COMPARED TO NORMAL CALCULATED ON MON MAR 9:
LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT
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DULUTH, MN MAR 8 1731 1817
MARQUETTE, MI MAR 8 1514 1546
SAU_S_MAR, MI MAR 8 1227 1394
GREENBAY, WI MAR 8 996 1068
MILWAUKEE, WI MAR 8 462 616
CHICAGO, IL MAR 8 337 351
MUSKEGON, MI MAR 8 318 509
ALPENA, MI MAR 8 910 1054
DETROIT, MI MAR 8 342 533
TOLEDO, OH MAR 8 190 514
CLEVELAND, OH MAR 8 88 382
BUFFALO, NY MAR 8 427 742
NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE
GREAT LAKES FOR MON MAR 9
LOCATION HIGH LOW
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DULUTH,MN 33 16
MARQUETTE,MI 33 17
GREENBAY,WI 39 21
MILWAUKEE,WI 41 25
CHICAGO,IL 45 28
MUSKEGON,MI 41 26
ALPENA,MI 37 18
DETROIT,MI 44 27
TOLEDO,OH 45 27
CLEVELAND,OH 45 28
BUFFALO,NY 41 25
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