FZUS63 KDTX 051343 GLFLH Open Lake Forecast for Lake Huron National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 943 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 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...A cold front will ease across western Lake Erie into the lower Great Lakes this evening. Low pressure will develop along this front over the Ohio Valley, causing wind over the central Great Lakes to organize out of the northeast on Wednesday. Broad high pressure then builds into the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes Thursday into Friday. LHZ361-052200- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- 943 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 .REST OF TODAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 5 to 10 knots in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east early in the evening...then veering to the south by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots early in the evening...then decreasing to 5 to 10 knots by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ362-363-052200- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- 943 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet in the late evening and overnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the northwest after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southwest late in the morning...then backing to the southeast late in the afternoon veering to the southwest late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the southeast early in the evening...then veering to the south by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LHZ462>464-052200- 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- 943 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 .REST OF TODAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the southeast late in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the north after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots early in the evening becoming light and variable. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the east late in the afternoon...then veering to the southwest late in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south. A chance of showers by midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to the south by midnight. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LHZ461-052200- MAFOR 0515/ HURON NORTH 11610 12710 14700 11600. Waves 1 to 3 feet. HURON SOUTH 11600 11400 11300 11200 12100 12800. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ TF 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)