####018004471#### FZUS81 KCLE 022140 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 440 PM EST Fri Feb 2 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... Ice remains limited on most of the Great Lakes with little growth expected over the next 5 days. On Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron widespread ice is limited to a few bays, including Green Bay and Saginaw Bay. The open waters are mainly ice free. On Lake Erie there is somewhat more expansive ice over the western basin, especially north of the islands. Ice is also generally more expansive on most of Lake St Clair. Cool weather through Saturday may allow for slow/modest ice growth across the northern Great Lakes. Otherwise, temperatures will be much milder than average through much of next week, leading to ice either not growing or slowly decaying across all Great Lakes. Winds are expected to be light through early next week. Winds may become a bit stronger out of a south to southeast direction Wednesday and Thursday as low pressure develops across the Plains. 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 Sat Sat Night Sun Sun Night West Superior 230/09 240/07 280/04 260/06 350/07 Mid Superior 200/08 240/06 330/06 310/08 010/10 East Superior 210/11 240/07 320/05 330/08 010/09 North Michigan 160/05 220/07 250/05 010/08 020/09 South Michigan 110/10 090/11 070/12 020/15 010/14 North Huron 240/06 230/08 330/10 330/11 040/12 Mid Huron 060/06 280/04 320/08 340/09 040/11 South Huron 050/07 050/05 350/09 350/12 030/12 West Erie 020/07 040/08 050/08 030/10 030/10 East Erie 020/09 030/07 250/04 050/10 050/14 Central Ontario 010/11 360/06 290/10 040/13 030/14 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 02/03 02/04 02/05 02/06 02/07 02/08 Duluth 26 39 26 44 31 45 32 45 34 46 37 45 Marquette 23 40 28 40 33 40 34 44 35 45 38 44 GreenBay 26 41 26 41 29 43 32 45 32 48 39 50 Milwaukee 33 38 33 40 33 41 34 42 35 46 42 49 Chicago 33 39 35 40 35 42 34 43 35 47 43 52 Muskegon 26 40 27 42 29 44 30 42 32 44 39 48 Alpena 19 38 23 38 28 36 29 38 29 41 33 43 Detroit 27 40 25 42 28 43 29 41 29 44 34 49 Toledo 27 37 28 41 28 41 28 40 28 44 33 51 Cleveland 31 37 31 42 31 40 29 39 29 43 33 50 Buffalo 26 38 24 38 27 39 25 39 26 41 31 48 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 Fri Feb 2: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN FEB 1 1219 605 MARQUETTE, MI FEB 1 1000 476 SAU_S_MAR, MI FEB 1 775 308 GREENBAY, WI FEB 1 670 233 MILWAUKEE, WI FEB 1 339 132 CHICAGO, IL FEB 1 277 163 MUSKEGON, MI FEB 1 202 55 ALPENA, MI FEB 1 551 199 DETROIT, MI FEB 1 247 135 TOLEDO, OH FEB 1 163 92 CLEVELAND, OH FEB 1 91 50 BUFFALO, NY FEB 1 268 89 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Fri Feb 2 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN 22 2 MARQUETTE,MI 24 8 GREENBAY,WI 27 10 MILWAUKEE,WI 32 18 CHICAGO,IL 33 17 MUSKEGON,MI 30 16 ALPENA,MI 28 9 DETROIT,MI 32 18 TOLEDO,OH 33 17 CLEVELAND,OH 34 20 BUFFALO,NY 32 17 $$