####018004697#### FZUS81 KCLE 102212 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 512 PM EST Wed Jan 10 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... Great Lakes ice coverage remains low with total ice concentration of 1.43%. The sporadic ice in the American waters is largely confined to the lakeshore of protected bays including Chequamegon Bay, Au Train Bay, and Tahquamenon Bay on Lake Superior, Big Bay de Noc, Little Bay de Noc, and Green Bay on Lake Michigan, and Saint Martin Bay, Thunder Bay, and eastern Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. Ice has also been observed on the St. Marys River and its surrounding lakes. Otherwise, the Great Lakes remain ice free. Ice growth will struggle across the majority of the Great Lakes over the next few days due to above normal temperatures through Friday and a strong low pressure system likely producing gales across the majority of the Great Lakes region Friday into Saturday. Arctic air begins to settle into the Great Lakes behind the system late this weekend which should persist well into next week, resulting in well below normal temperatures for at least the first half of next week. These colder temperatures will finally allow for moderate to rapid ice growth Sunday into early next week. 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 060/17 080/16 060/17 030/27 010/27 Mid Superior 050/15 040/11 050/15 030/32 010/35 East Superior 070/11 360/09 060/13 040/32 020/37 North Michigan 030/11 020/11 090/16 050/36 360/37 South Michigan 290/19 290/18 090/30 010/36 350/38 North Huron 060/10 040/11 090/18 050/42 020/38 Mid Huron 270/11 320/10 110/16 060/37 360/38 South Huron 260/13 300/12 110/19 090/36 320/37 West Erie 220/22 250/25 100/19 220/33 240/39 East Erie 250/24 220/24 260/13 120/23 240/28 Central Ontario 270/30 280/21 280/18 090/29 250/24 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 01/11 01/12 01/13 01/14 01/15 01/16 Duluth 24 27 8 22 1 8 -9 1 -8 3 -5 7 Marquette 22 28 20 27 17 21 9 15 2 12 3 13 GreenBay 25 31 20 32 15 20 -1 8 -7 5 -5 7 Milwaukee 29 32 28 34 19 22 2 9 -5 5 -3 8 Chicago 30 33 29 35 20 25 3 11 -4 6 -1 8 Muskegon 29 36 28 34 24 27 14 18 10 14 10 17 Alpena 21 32 22 31 17 23 11 21 8 17 5 17 Detroit 32 38 31 40 25 30 14 20 7 16 2 13 Toledo 32 37 30 42 25 30 11 17 5 14 2 11 Cleveland 33 39 30 47 28 33 16 23 13 21 8 17 Buffalo 31 36 31 40 31 36 21 25 16 23 12 20 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 10: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN JAN 9 733 250 MARQUETTE, MI JAN 9 579 193 SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 9 394 84 GREENBAY, WI JAN 9 349 26 MILWAUKEE, WI JAN 9 146 0 CHICAGO, IL JAN 9 112 0 MUSKEGON, MI JAN 9 68 0 ALPENA, MI JAN 9 261 34 DETROIT, MI JAN 9 92 1 TOLEDO, OH JAN 9 51 0 CLEVELAND, OH JAN 9 22 0 BUFFALO, NY JAN 9 88 0 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Wed Jan 10 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN -1 -1 MARQUETTE,MI 22 7 GREENBAY,WI 24 7 MILWAUKEE,WI 30 17 CHICAGO,IL 30 14 MUSKEGON,MI 28 13 ALPENA,MI 26 9 DETROIT,MI 31 17 TOLEDO,OH 31 16 CLEVELAND,OH 33 19 BUFFALO,NY 31 18 $$