Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
727 FZUS61 KCLE 041339 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 939 AM 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>164-042015- 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- 939 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then 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 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-042015- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 939 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers Saturday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-042015- 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- 939 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .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. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers Friday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet, then subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-042015- MAFOR 0415/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11200 12110 11210 11300 11400 12410. A chance of showers overnight and Wednesday morning. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11200 12110 11210 11300 11310 12410. A chance of showers Wednesday morning. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE EAST 1/3 12100 11110 11200 11300 13410. A chance of showers Wednesday morning. Waves 2 feet or less. $$