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TEXT PRODUCTS

• NWS FORECAST PRODUCTS

  • ALL LAKES FORECASTS

    • Water Levels weekly
    • Weather Synopsis

  • OPEN LAKE ZONE FORECASTS
    [ NWS Forecast for waters beyond 5 miles nautical miles ]

    • Lake Huron (U.S. portion)
    • Lake Huron MAFOR
    • Lake St. Clair (U.S. portion)
    • Lake Superior (U.S. portion)
    • Lake Superior MAFOR
    • Lake Michigan open water
    • Lake Michigan MAFOR
    • Lake Erie (U.S. portion)
    • Lake Erie MAFOR
    • Lake Ontario (U.S. portion)
    • Lake Ontario MAFOR

  • COASTAL MARINE ZONE FORECASTS

    • LAKE SUPERIOR
      [ NWS marine ZONE forecast areas - within 5 nautical miles of shore ]

      •   Minnesota Shore Line
      • Grand Portage to Grand Marais, MN
      • Grand Marais to Taconite Harbor, MN
      • Taconite Harbor to Silver Bay Harbor, MN
      • Silver Bay Harbor to Two Harbors, MN
      • Two Harbors to Duluth, MN
      •   Wisconsin Shore Line
      • Duluth, MN to Port Wing, WI
      • Port Wing to Sand Island, WI
      • Sand Island to Bayfield, WI
      • Oak Point to Saxon Harbor, WI
      •   Michigan Shore Line
      • Saxon Harbor, WI to Ontonagon, MI
      • Ontonagon to Upper Entrance of Portage Canal, MI
      • Upper Entrance of Portage Canal to Manitou Isalnd, MI
      • Manitou Island to Lower Entrance Light to Portage Lake, MI
      • Huron Island to Marquette, MI
      • Marquette to Grand Marais, MI
      • Grand Marais to Whitefish Point, MI

      • BAYS and RIVER DELTAS of LAKE SUPERIOR

        • Chequamegon Bay-Bayfield to Oak Point, WI
        • Keweenaw Bay and Huron Bay from Lower Entrance Light to Portage Lake to Huron Island, MI
        • Whitefish Bay (U.S. portion), Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois, MI
        • St. Marys River, Point Iroquois to Eastern Potagannissing Bay

    • LAKE MICHIGAN
      [ NWS marine ZONE forecast areas - within 5 nautical miles of shore ]

      •   Michigan Shore Line
      • Seul Choix Pt. to Point Detour, MI
      • MacKinac Bridge to Seul Choix Point, MI
      • MacKinac Bridge to Norwood, MI
      • Grand Traverse Light to Sleeping Bear Point, MI
      • Sleeping Bear Point to Manistee, MI
      • Muskegon to Manistee, MI
      • South Haven to Muskegon, MI
      • New Buffalo, MI to South Haven, MI
      • Michigan City, IN to New Buffalo, MI
      •   Wisconsin Shore Line
      • Rock Island Passage Sturgeon Bay, WI
      • Sturgeon Bay, WI to Two Rivers, WI
      • Two Rivers to Sheboygan, WI
      • Sheboygan to Port Washington, WI
      • Port Washington to North Point Light, WI
      • North Point Light to Wind Point, WI
      •   Illinois Shore Line
      • Wind Point Light to Winthrop Harbor, IL
      • Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor, IL
      • Wilmette Harbor to Meigs Field, IL
      • Meigs Field to Calumet Harbor, IL
      •   Indiana Shore Line
      • Calumet Harbor to Gray Harbor, IN
      • Gray to Burns Harbor, IN
      • Burns Harbor to Michigan City, IN

      • BAYS of LAKE MICHIGAN

        • Grand Traverse Bay Norwood to Grand Traverse Light, MI
        • Bay of Green Bay, MI (north of line from Cedar River, MI to Rock Island Passage)
        • Bay of Green Bay, WI (south of line from Cedar River to Rock Island Passage & north of a line from Marinette, WI to Fish Creek, WI)
        • Bay of Green Bay, WI (south of a line from Marinette, WI to Fish Creek, WI)

    • LAKE HURON
      [ NWS marine ZONE forecast areas - within 5 nautical miles of shore ]

      • Mackinac Bridge to False Detour Channel, MI
      • Mackinac Bridge to Presque Island Light, MI
      • Presque Island Light to Alabaster, MI
      • Port Austin to White Rock, MI
      • White Rock to Lakeport, MI
      • Lakeport to Port Huron, MI

      • BAYS of LAKE HURON and LAKE SAINT CLAIR

        • Saginaw Bay, Alabaster to Point Huron, MI
        • St. Clair Lake, MI (U.S. Portion)

    • LAKE ERIE
      [ NWS marine ZONE forecast areas - within 5 nautical miles of shore line ]

      •   Michigan Shore Line
      • Detroit River to North Cape, MI
      •   Ohio Shore Line
      • Maumee Bay to Reno Beach, OH
      • Reno Beach to The Islands, OH
      • The Islands to Vermilion, OH
      • Vermilion to Avon Point, OH
      • Avon Point to Willowick, OH
      • Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH
      • Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut, OH
      •   Pennsylvania Shore Line
      • Conneaut, OH to Ripley, NY
      •   New York Shore Line
      • Ripley to Dunkirk, NY
      • Dunkirk to Bullalo, NY

      • BAYS and RIVER DELTAS of LAKE ERIE

        • Buffalo Harbor and the Upper Niagara River, NY

    • LAKE ONTARIO
      [ NWS marine ZONE forecast areas - within 5 nautical miles of shore line ]

      • Niagara River to Thirty-Mile Point, NY
      • Thirty-Mile Point to Sodus Bay, NY
      • Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay, NY
      • Mexico Bay, NY to the St. Lawrence River

    • SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER

      • St. Lawrence River above Ogdensburg, NY
      • St. Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to St. Regis, NY

  • SEA ICE ADVISORY

  • OBSERVATIONS

    • Great Lakes Broadcasts

      • Marine Broadcast Number 1 (Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron)
      • Marine Broadcast Number 2 (Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario)

GRAPHICS PRODUCTS

• SATELLITE PRODUCTS

  • Great Lakes Visible
  • Great Lakes Infrared
  • Great Lakes Water Vapor