This weekend will have some really nice periods of weather for hitting the beach or hitting the water.
A cold front comes through Saturday night and Sunday morning. Cooler temperatures will gradually move in Sunday afternoon. Before the breezy, cooler Sunday afternoon, some Lake Michigan and Lake Huron beaches will be a good destination.
Here are the waves forecasts for Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
The south end of Lake Michigan will have less than two foot waves Saturday. The south end of Lake Michigan then turns rougher Sunday with three to four foot waves with a northwest wind.
Saturday should have less than two foot waves on Lake Huron, and in most areas less than one foot.
Sunday will have one foot to three foot waves on Lake Huron.
The water at some Lake Michigan and Lake Huron beaches is really warming up. The graph below shows the water temperature at a depth of three feet at Muskegon. The water warmed from 66 degrees to 70 degrees in the past week. It’s getting to the point where you can go in the water if you can handle chilly water, or when we get a hot day, like Saturday.
The image below gives you a bigger picture of the water temperatures. Michigan’s southern Lake Michigan beaches now have 70 degree to 75 degree water temperatures, with the far south approaching 80 degrees in the water.
Caseville beach on Saginaw Bay has really warmed up, with water temperatures around 80 degrees.
With Saturday’s wind out of the southwest, the warmer water will stay pinned up against the Michigan shoreline on Lake Michigan. So you can expect Saturday to be a very nice beach day along the Lake Michigan shore.
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