Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
145 FZUS61 KCLE 061945 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 PM EDT Mon May 6 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 over the Great Lakes departs to the east tonight. A warm front approaches Lake Erie from the Lower and Middle Ohio Valley on Tuesday and then sweeps northeastward across the lake Tuesday night. Behind the warm front, a weak ridge averaging 30.00 inches should build from the Middle Mississippi Valley through Wednesday night. A low of 29.50 inches will then track generally eastward across the southern Great Lakes region and toward southern New England on Thursday through Friday and be followed by a residual trough averaging 29.70 inches over the Great Lakes. LEZ162>164-070215- 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- 345 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-070215- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 345 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-070215- 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- 345 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less increasing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east 10 knots or less. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-070215- MAFOR 0621/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11210 11200 12100 14210. A chance of showers Tuesday afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11110 11200 11100 11110 14210. Waves 2 feet or less tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday. ERIE EAST 1/3 11100 12200 11100 11110 13100. Waves 2 feet or less. $$