####018004292#### FZUS81 KCLE 242147 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 447 PM EST Wed Jan 24 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... Ice cover can be found across bays and inlets on Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. This includes Duluth Harbor, Saginaw Bay, Straits of Mackinac, Green Bay, and Big Bay De Noc. Much of the western basin of Lake Erie remains ice covered. Elsewhere on Lake Erie, there has been development of thin ice along the southern and northern shores. Thin ice is also present on the southern shores of Lakes Superior and Michigan. Overall, a net decay in ice cover is expected across all Great Lakes over the next five days. Surface air temperatures are trending above normal across the Great Lakes region with daytime highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s and overnight lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. 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 Thu Thu Night Fri Fri Night West Superior 220/08 240/06 030/06 240/09 250/11 Mid Superior 240/08 210/08 360/07 240/12 260/12 East Superior 190/08 200/10 030/07 230/09 250/11 North Michigan 160/05 170/08 010/08 360/09 260/08 South Michigan 030/08 060/13 040/13 340/13 040/09 North Huron 070/07 080/09 030/12 360/11 260/09 Mid Huron 030/08 070/09 030/15 010/14 210/08 South Huron 360/08 070/09 010/14 360/14 360/08 West Erie 260/05 060/13 060/15 250/11 050/06 East Erie 240/09 050/14 350/16 250/12 030/09 Central Ontario 040/10 060/14 040/16 360/11 170/09 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 01/25 01/26 01/27 01/28 01/29 01/30 Duluth 30 35 31 37 30 37 28 36 28 38 29 42 Marquette 34 37 34 37 33 38 32 35 27 36 30 39 GreenBay 33 35 34 37 33 38 32 37 28 36 29 38 Milwaukee 34 37 35 37 35 37 34 36 30 35 32 38 Chicago 35 37 35 39 35 38 35 37 32 38 33 41 Muskegon 33 38 35 40 34 39 34 38 29 37 32 39 Alpena 32 35 32 36 30 37 31 35 22 32 24 36 Detroit 36 40 36 42 34 40 34 38 28 36 29 39 Toledo 36 40 37 42 35 40 34 37 28 37 30 40 Cleveland 39 46 40 49 36 43 36 38 30 36 28 40 Buffalo 38 43 39 44 34 41 34 37 24 31 22 35 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 Wed Jan 24: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN JAN 23 1031 618 MARQUETTE, MI JAN 23 829 481 SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 23 622 322 GREENBAY, WI JAN 23 544 268 MILWAUKEE, WI JAN 23 263 195 CHICAGO, IL JAN 23 213 218 MUSKEGON, MI JAN 23 148 117 ALPENA, MI JAN 23 434 227 DETROIT, MI JAN 23 184 177 TOLEDO, OH JAN 23 118 151 CLEVELAND, OH JAN 23 69 127 BUFFALO, NY JAN 23 181 128 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Wed Jan 24 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN 20 0 MARQUETTE,MI 23 7 GREENBAY,WI 25 8 MILWAUKEE,WI 30 17 CHICAGO,IL 31 15 MUSKEGON,MI 29 14 ALPENA,MI 26 8 DETROIT,MI 31 17 TOLEDO,OH 32 16 CLEVELAND,OH 33 19 BUFFALO,NY 31 17 $$