Latest Great Lakes Marine Forecast by KMQT
Issued 9/10/2026 4:39 AM America/New_York.
Valid through 9/10/2026 4:00 PM America/New_York.
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open lake forecast for lake superior...corrected
national weather service marquette mi
439 am edt thu sep 10 2026
for waters beyond 5 nautical miles of shore on lake superior.
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...
30.0 inch ridging builds over the lake today, allowing calmer
conditions until friday morning. a trough averaging 29.5 inches
tracks from the great plains north toward hudson bay by friday
afternoon, bringing 29.8 inch troughing to the lake. a cold front
and 29.7 inch trough passes through on saturday with ridging in its
wake reaching 30.0 inches by sunday. this strengthens further to
30.2 inches monday.
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lake superior west of a line from saxon harbor wi to grand
portage mn beyond 5nm-
439 am edt thu sep 10 2026 /339 am cdt thu sep 10 2026/
.early this morning...northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. waves calm
to 2 feet.
.today...west winds 5 to 15 knots backing south in the afternoon.
waves calm to 2 feet.
.tonight...south winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots
after midnight, then becoming southwest 15 to 25 knots late.
waves building to 1 to 3 feet.
.friday...southwest winds 20 to 30 knots backing south late. a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms by mid afternoon.
waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet, then
subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
.friday night...south winds 15 to 25 knots veering southwest
after midnight. showers and a chance of thunderstorms. waves
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet, then building to 3 to 6 feet
occasionally to 8 feet.
.saturday...west winds 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to
30 knots by mid afternoon. waves subsiding to 1 to 3 feet, then
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.saturday night...west winds 10 to 20 knots. waves subsiding to
calm to 2 feet.
.sunday...west winds 10 to 20 knots becoming east 15 to 25 knots.
a chance of showers. waves building to 2 to 4 feet.
.monday...east gales to 35 knots veering west. showers likely,
then a chance of showers. waves building to 5 to 9 feet
occasionally to 11 feet.
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