Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
299 FZUS61 KCLE 041942 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 342 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 For waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on Lake Erie 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... The western flank of a ridge averaging 30.00 inches lingers over Lake Erie before a warm front drifts northward across the lake tonight through Wednesday. A cold front will sweep eastward across Lake Erie Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. Behind the cold front, a trough averaging 29.70 inches lingers over the eastern Great Lakes through Sunday. LEZ162>164-050215- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 342 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A slight chance of showers after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms late. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-050215- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 342 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms late. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers Friday night. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-050215- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 342 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers Friday night. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-050215- MAFOR 0421/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11110 11210 11300 13400 11410 11416. A chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11110 11210 12300 11410 13400. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. ERIE EAST 1/3 11110 11200 12300 14400. A chance of showers Wednesday morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. $$