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FZUS63 KDTX 180154
GLFSC
LAKE ST CLAIR FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
954 PM EDT FRI OCT 17 2025
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, 29.20 INCHES, RAPIDLY DEVELOPS ALONG A
COLD FRONT OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND MOVES OVER LOWER MICHIGAN
SUNDAY, BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR A FEW SOUTHERLY GALES LATE SUNDAY
MORNING WITH HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR NORTHWESTERLY GALES OVER
MOST OF LAKE HURON BY SUNDAY EVENING. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
LCZ460-181000-
LAKE ST CLAIR-
954 PM EDT FRI OCT 17 2025
REST OF TONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES
2 FEET OR LESS.
SATURDAY
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
SUNDAY
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED.
SUNDAY NIGHT
WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS UNTIL
EARLY MORNING. SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
MORNING. MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
MONDAY
WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN
THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE EVENING.
SUNNY...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
TUESDAY
WEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES.
PARTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. A GALE
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
WEDNESDAY
WEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SHOWERS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET.
DRK
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