Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
910 FZUS61 KCLE 081311 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 911 AM EDT Wed May 8 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... A cold front sweeps eastward across the lake today. Behind the cold front, a ridge averaging 30.00 inches builds in through Wednesday night as a separate frontal low of 29.50 inches moves from near central Illinois toward central Indiana. This frontal low should wobble east-northeastward from central Indiana toward the Gulf of Maine on Thursday through Friday and allow a trough averaging 29.70 inches to become established over and near Lake Erie. A ridge averaging 30.00 inches should build eastward across Lake Erie Friday night before another trough averaging 29.70 inches arrives from the western Great Lakes on Saturday. Behind the trough, a ridge averaging 30.00 inches should build eastward by Sunday. LEZ162>164-082015- 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- 911 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...West winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. A slight chance of showers after midnight. A chance of showers late. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast 15 to 20 knots. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers Friday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-082015- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 911 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. A slight chance of showers late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast 15 to 20 knots. Showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-082015- 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- 911 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast and diminishing to 5 to 10 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-082015- MAFOR 0815/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11610 12600 11700 12110 11216 11126. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon and tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Thursday morning. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11510 12610 11700 11100 11110 11210 11126. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet this afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Thursday morning. ERIE EAST 1/3 12520 11620 11700 11800 12100 11110. A chance of showers Thursday morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet this afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 2 feet Thursday morning. $$