####018004372#### FZUS81 KCLE 312340 ICELIO Great Lakes Ice Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 640 PM EST Wed Jan 31 2024 Active watches...warnings...and advisories on the Great Lakes can be found at: http://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/ 5 Day Ice Discussion... Ice coverage on the Great Lakes remains well below normal at approximately eight percent. Fast ice is located on Chequamegon Bay and most of the Saginaw Bay has ice. Green Bay, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie west of the Islands are all partially ice covered. There is some ice on far northern Lake Michigan, with the remainder of the Great Lakes largely ice free. Weather patterns over the next 5 days indicate that temperatures will generally be above normal across the region. Little change in ice conditions are expected with some decay possible. A period of mostly clear skies over the weekend will also allow for some weakening of the ice fields. Long range temperature outlooks through the next 2 weeks indicate strong chances that above normal temperatures will continue. 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 040/21 050/20 080/12 140/10 230/12 Mid Superior 030/22 030/19 070/14 160/09 240/11 East Superior 020/22 020/19 070/13 200/12 230/10 North Michigan 250/13 010/21 030/16 080/09 230/10 South Michigan 240/16 020/19 020/17 080/14 130/13 North Huron 240/15 020/16 030/14 040/11 260/11 Mid Huron 240/18 280/12 020/14 030/12 250/09 South Huron 230/17 280/12 020/18 010/15 230/09 West Erie 230/20 230/12 360/17 010/13 040/06 East Erie 230/23 240/21 010/18 020/12 040/06 Central Ontario 250/23 260/22 010/18 020/15 020/08 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 02/01 02/02 02/03 02/04 02/05 02/06 Duluth 31 39 26 35 26 39 29 42 31 41 33 42 Marquette 35 36 23 35 25 40 27 38 31 38 29 40 GreenBay 32 40 28 37 26 41 28 41 29 38 29 42 Milwaukee 36 41 36 37 35 40 36 40 35 38 33 40 Chicago 36 42 36 39 33 41 35 41 35 40 33 41 Muskegon 37 42 30 40 28 42 29 45 29 42 28 42 Alpena 34 40 19 31 20 37 24 35 27 35 26 37 Detroit 33 44 32 38 28 41 27 43 30 42 29 43 Toledo 35 42 33 37 28 41 28 42 30 40 29 42 Cleveland 35 41 33 38 29 41 30 42 32 43 31 42 Buffalo 35 39 32 36 25 39 26 39 26 38 26 39 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 31: LOCATION DATE NORMAL CURRENT ---------------------------------------- DULUTH, MN JAN 30 1178 613 MARQUETTE, MI JAN 30 962 482 SAU_S_MAR, MI JAN 30 741 312 GREENBAY, WI JAN 30 642 245 MILWAUKEE, WI JAN 30 323 147 CHICAGO, IL JAN 30 263 181 MUSKEGON, MI JAN 30 190 74 ALPENA, MI JAN 30 525 208 DETROIT, MI JAN 30 233 148 TOLEDO, OH JAN 30 153 109 CLEVELAND, OH JAN 30 85 69 BUFFALO, NY JAN 30 235 98 NORMAL TEMPS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR Wed Jan 31 LOCATION HIGH LOW ---------------------------------------------- DULUTH,MN 21 2 MARQUETTE,MI 23 7 GREENBAY,WI 26 9 MILWAUKEE,WI 31 17 CHICAGO,IL 32 16 MUSKEGON,MI 30 15 ALPENA,MI 27 9 DETROIT,MI 32 17 TOLEDO,OH 33 17 CLEVELAND,OH 34 19 BUFFALO,NY 32 17 $$