Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
265 FZUS61 KCLE 031326 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 926 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 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... The western flank of a ridge averaging 30.00 inches lingers over Lake Erie before a warm front drifts northward across the lake tonight into Tuesday. This front then wavers in vicinity of Lake Erie through most of Wednesday. A cold front is then expected to sweep eastward across Lake Erie Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. Behind the cold front, a trough averaging 29.70 inches lingers over the eastern Great Lakes through Saturday. LEZ162>164-032015- 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- 926 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Patchy fog late this morning. Waves 1 foot or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-032015- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 926 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...North winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Areas of dense fog late this morning. Waves 1 foot or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-032015- 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- 926 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...Light and variable winds. Patchy fog late this morning. Waves 1 foot or less. .TONIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-032015- MAFOR 0315/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11204 14200 11300 12400. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11804 11800 11100 12200 13300. Waves 1 foot or less. ERIE EAST 1/3 11700 11800 11100 13200 11300 11200. Waves 1 foot or less. $$