####018004125#### FZUS81 KCLE 012140 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 440 PM EST Mon Jan 1 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... Latest ice analysis reveals very little ice on the Great Lakes to start 2024 with less than 1/10 ice coverage along the shores of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and the northern half of Lake Michigan. The forecast isn't particularly favorable for ice growth either as temperatures are expected to remain mostly above normal for the entire Great Lakes region through at least the next five days. The one exception is Wednesday night into Thursday when temperatures down into the low 20s could result in very minor ice growth on Lake Superior. 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 Tue Tue Night Wed Wed Night West Superior 250/27 300/18 340/17 350/17 240/14 Mid Superior 260/28 310/18 360/20 350/19 320/13 East Superior 250/22 310/20 360/21 360/20 330/13 North Michigan 240/21 250/19 300/12 330/16 340/12 South Michigan 230/22 230/24 300/16 360/22 350/16 North Huron 240/19 270/20 290/18 330/22 350/16 Mid Huron 240/24 240/23 280/17 360/20 350/23 South Huron 240/20 240/21 270/17 350/23 350/26 West Erie 240/20 230/22 250/20 330/18 340/21 East Erie 240/23 240/26 250/23 230/18 340/15 Central Ontario 260/22 260/27 260/25 250/18 350/18 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 01/02 01/03 01/04 01/05 01/06 01/07 Duluth 24 33 21 25 12 26 19 27 19 28 18 26 Marquette 27 35 26 30 20 27 22 29 23 30 23 29 GreenBay 26 35 27 34 18 28 21 33 23 33 24 33 Milwaukee 27 35 29 34 23 30 24 35 29 36 29 35 Chicago 29 38 30 35 28 33 27 36 31 36 31 36 Muskegon 30 37 32 36 25 32 27 36 29 36 27 35 Alpena 23 38 27 34 18 26 21 34 23 32 23 30 Detroit 28 39 32 38 25 31 23 36 27 37 28 36 Toledo 28 38 32 37 25 31 23 36 27 37 28 36 Cleveland 30 40 33 39 30 34 25 37 29 40 31 38 Buffalo 27 37 33 38 28 30 21 35 28 36 26 34 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 Mon Jan 1: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN DEC 31 553 151 MARQUETTE, MI DEC 31 432 106 SAU_S_MAR, MI DEC 31 266 22 GREENBAY, WI DEC 31 236 3 MILWAUKEE, WI DEC 31 84 0 CHICAGO, IL DEC 31 60 0 MUSKEGON, MI DEC 31 30 0 ALPENA, MI DEC 31 167 3 DETROIT, MI DEC 31 45 0 TOLEDO, OH DEC 31 19 0 CLEVELAND, OH DEC 31 4 0 BUFFALO, NY DEC 31 41 0 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Mon Jan 1 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN 18 0 MARQUETTE,MI 23 9 GREENBAY,WI 25 8 MILWAUKEE,WI 31 18 CHICAGO,IL 31 15 MUSKEGON,MI 29 14 ALPENA,MI 27 11 DETROIT,MI 32 18 TOLEDO,OH 32 17 CLEVELAND,OH 34 20 BUFFALO,NY 32 20 $$