Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
615 FZUS61 KCLE 070754 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 354 AM EDT Tue May 7 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 ridge averaging 30.10 inches exits northeastward from Lake Erie today as a warm front approaches the lake from the southwest. This warm front then sweeps northeastward across Lake Erie tonight. Low pressure of 29.50 inches moves eastward across the central Great Lakes and toward northern New York state on Wednesday, allowing the trailing cold front to sweep eastward across Lake Erie. Behind the front, a ridge averaging 30.00 inches should attempt to build from northern Ontario and vicinity 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. LEZ162>164-071430- 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- 354 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms early, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. 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 with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 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. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers Saturday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-071430- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 354 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of thunderstorms with a slight chance of showers late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-071430- 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- 354 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 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. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-071430- MAFOR 0709/ ERIE WEST 1/3 14210 11216 11316 11410 11510. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12210 11110 12210 11316 11410 11510. A chance of thunderstorms tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. ERIE EAST 1/3 14100 11100 11200 11306 11510. A chance of thunderstorms tonight. Waves 2 feet or less. $$