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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1002 PM EDT Fri May 17 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...
High pressure of 30.00 inches will build across Lake Erie for the
weekend. The high will shift east to New England on Monday
allowing a warm front to lift north across the lake. Low pressure
of 29.30 inches will reach the northwest Great Lakes for Tuesday
night into Wednesday.

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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-
1002 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves
1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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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-
1002 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less. Patchy dense
fog. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds less than 10 knots. Patchy dense fog
in the morning. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...East winds less than 10 knots becoming northeast. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots becoming southeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 10 to
15 knots. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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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-
1002 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming north. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. Patchy
dense fog after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...North winds less than 10 knots becoming northeast.
Patchy dense fog in the morning. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming
southeast. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds less than 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers Tuesday
night. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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MAFOR 1803/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11200 13200 19204 11200 11100 12200. Waves 1 foot
or less.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 14100 19104 14100. Waves 1 foot or less.

ERIE EAST 1/3 12200 19204 11700 19704 11800 19804 12800 12100.
Waves 1 foot or less.

$$