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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
943 PM EDT Wed Apr 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...
A cold front passes west to east across Lake Erie this evening
and early tonight. A ridge averaging 30.00 inches resides briefly
over the lake Thursday. Low pressure 29.80 inches moves over the
lake early Thursday night, with a cold front tracking through late
Thursday night into early Friday. A ridge averaging 30.20 inches
builds in Friday night, followed by another cold front Saturday.

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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-
943 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A
chance of showers in the evening, then showers overnight. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers in the morning.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to
15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Waves
2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 1 foot
or less.

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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-
943 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south.
Showers overnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to
20 knots. Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to
15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 2 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less.

$$

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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-
943 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms late this evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming
southeast. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to
20 knots. Showers likely in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west.
Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to around 10 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to
2 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
1 to 2 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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MAFOR 1803/
ERIE WEST 1/3 14610 11600 11500 11300 11200. Waves 1 to 3 feet
subsiding to 1 foot or less overnight and Thursday. Waves 2 feet
or less Thursday evening.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11510 13610 11600 11500 11400 11300. Waves 2 to
4 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet
Thursday. Waves 2 feet or less Thursday evening.

ERIE EAST 1/3 15510 11510 11400. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2
to 4 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Thursday. Waves 1 to 3
feet Thursday evening.

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