Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
486 FZUS61 KCLE 080125 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 925 PM 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 warm front 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>164-080815- 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- 925 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with thunderstorms likely late this evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast 15 to 20 knots. Showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Showers likely during the day. Waves around 1 foot. .SUNDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-080815- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 925 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms late this evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast. Showers. Waves 2 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-080815- 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- 925 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Showers likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet, then subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 5 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves around 1 foot. .SUNDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-080815- MAFOR 0803/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11516 14510 12600 11800. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight and Wednesday. Waves 1 foot or less Wednesday evening. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11416 14510 11510 11610 11710. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Wednesday. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Wednesday evening. ERIE EAST 1/3 11306 11410 11510 14520 11610. A chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 6 feet Wednesday. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet Wednesday evening. $$