Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
299 FZUS61 KCLE 211315 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 915 AM EDT Tue May 21 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 will remain to the north of the lake today. Low pressure 29.30 inches will lift northeast over Lake Superior tonight into Wednesday morning, ejecting a cold front east towards Lake Erie Wednesday afternoon. The front will cross the lake Wednesday night with high pressure 29.70 inches arriving in its wake on Thursday. A cold front may push south across the region Friday before lifting north as a warm front Saturday. LEZ162>164-212000- 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- 915 AM EDT Tue May 21 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 1 foot or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves around 1 foot. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-212000- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 915 AM EDT Tue May 21 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-212000- 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- 915 AM EDT Tue May 21 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Thunderstorms likely with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. A chance of showers Friday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-212000- MAFOR 2115/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11500 11200 12300 13410 11510. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon and tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Wednesday morning. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12500 11400 11300 14410. Waves 2 feet or less this afternoon and tonight. Waves 2 to 3 feet Wednesday morning. ERIE EAST 1/3 11500 11600 11500 13400 12410. Waves 2 feet or less. $$