FZUS63 KDTX 121359 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 959 AM EDT Sun May 12 2024 For waters beyond five nautical miles off shore on Lake Huron 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...High pressure will briefly build across the area this morning before another low pressure system arrives tonight. This system brings more showers and thunderstorms, and a brief period of elevated southwest wind. Once this system passes, a frontal boundary will stall over the area early next week offering yet another opportunity for thunderstorms. LHZ361-122200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 959 AM EDT Sun May 12 2024 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning...then veering to the southwest early in the morning. A chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .MONDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the evening...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-122200- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 959 AM EDT Sun May 12 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening... then showers likely after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 8 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north early in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet early in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and early morning. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east in the late morning and early afternoon...then increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the evening decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and early morning. A chance of showers in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-122200- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 959 AM EDT Sun May 12 2024 .REST OF TODAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the northeast early in the afternoon...then becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and early morning...then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet in the late evening and overnight. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots early in the afternoon. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late morning and afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then showers likely after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the morning...then a chance of showers late in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the east in the late evening and early morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ461-122200- MAFOR 1215/ HURON NORTH 11400 11410 13420 11516 11500 11600. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet this afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Monday morning. HURON SOUTH 11500 13410 11420 11416 11516 11500. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight and Monday morning. $$ DRK Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/dtx/glftable (all lower case) Graphical marine forecasts are available online at weather.gov/greatlakes (all lower case)