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Lake St Clair Forecast
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
341 PM EST Fri Feb 21 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...A ridge of high pressure, averaging 30.50 inches,
passes over the Great Lakes today followed by milder air working
in on an increasingly gusty southwest wind tonight into Saturday.
A cold front stalls over the northern Great Lakes Saturday night
into Sunday, followed by a clipper system on Monday.

LCZ460-220500-
Lake St Clair-
341 PM EST Fri Feb 21 2025

.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15
knots in the late evening and overnight. Mostly cloudy this evening
becoming partly cloudy.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20
knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots
early in the afternoon. Partly sunny.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy in the
evening becoming mostly cloudy.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15
knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy.
.TUESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of
light rain.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of
light rain.

Waves omitted due to ice coverage.

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TF

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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

Occasional

(top 10%)

Wave Heights

18-60 hours

Significant

Occasional

(top 10%)

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.