####018004605#### FZUS81 KCLE 262148 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 448 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... The highest concentrations of ice remain in Green Bay, the Straits of Mackinac, St Mary's River, Saginaw Bay, Lake St. Clair, and the western basin of Lake Erie. However, coverage remains far below normal for the late January time frame, and has been on the decrease with the milder weather in place across the region. Over the next 5 days, Arctic air will remain locked well north of the Great Lakes as the El Nino pattern characteristic of milder airmasses over the US-Canadian border have returned after a relatively brief cold snap in the middle part of January. Forecast temperatures will go through below freezing nighttime values to above freezing during the day for most locations across the Great Lakes, including northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota. May get some skim ice development here and there over the northern Great Lakes, but no significant ice coverage increases are expected over the next 5 days, and slight decreases in overall coverage are possible. 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 250/17 280/12 030/08 240/13 220/12 Mid Superior 240/12 300/13 020/10 240/11 210/12 East Superior 230/12 260/14 360/11 230/08 200/13 North Michigan 250/04 270/07 010/11 350/09 210/12 South Michigan 030/06 020/11 360/18 350/19 220/13 North Huron 210/07 230/08 040/10 360/12 350/09 Mid Huron 050/07 350/05 040/14 030/14 340/09 South Huron 030/07 050/09 030/16 360/18 340/12 West Erie 350/05 040/11 020/22 010/19 320/11 East Erie 230/05 050/10 040/19 040/17 360/12 Central Ontario 020/07 320/05 050/17 020/19 010/17 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 01/27 01/28 01/29 01/30 01/31 02/01 Duluth 29 35 25 36 26 39 31 38 27 42 30 39 Marquette 33 38 31 34 28 39 32 36 27 39 30 38 GreenBay 34 38 31 35 29 36 32 38 27 38 29 39 Milwaukee 35 37 34 36 32 38 35 38 31 39 34 39 Chicago 35 38 36 38 32 39 34 39 32 40 33 42 Muskegon 33 41 34 38 32 38 33 36 27 39 32 40 Alpena 32 38 30 36 26 35 29 35 22 34 24 36 Detroit 33 39 34 39 32 39 32 39 29 38 28 42 Toledo 36 38 34 38 32 38 32 40 30 39 30 43 Cleveland 37 39 36 38 33 37 32 41 31 39 31 42 Buffalo 34 39 33 36 29 34 27 38 25 35 28 38 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 Jan 26: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN JAN 25 1073 618 MARQUETTE, MI JAN 25 867 482 SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 25 656 325 GREENBAY, WI JAN 25 572 261 MILWAUKEE, WI JAN 25 281 183 CHICAGO, IL JAN 25 228 209 MUSKEGON, MI JAN 25 160 107 ALPENA, MI JAN 25 460 222 DETROIT, MI JAN 25 198 167 TOLEDO, OH JAN 25 128 136 CLEVELAND, OH JAN 25 70 98 BUFFALO, NY JAN 25 195 116 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Fri Jan 26 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN 20 1 MARQUETTE,MI 23 7 GREENBAY,WI 25 8 MILWAUKEE,WI 31 17 CHICAGO,IL 31 15 MUSKEGON,MI 29 14 ALPENA,MI 27 8 DETROIT,MI 31 17 TOLEDO,OH 32 16 CLEVELAND,OH 34 19 BUFFALO,NY 31 17 $$ 26