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Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
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968 FZUS61 KCLE 301142 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 742 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 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 sweeps southeastward across Lake Erie this morning and should clear the lake by about daybreak. Behind the cold front, a ridge averaging 30.20 inches builds from the Upper Midwest through Tuesday. The ridge exits eastward Tuesday night and allows a warm front to sweep northward across Lake Erie. A weak cold front is still poised to sweep southeastward across Lake Erie Wednesday night. Behind this cold front, a ridge averaging 29.95 inches builds from the western Great Lakes through Thursday. However, on Thursday, the aforementioned front is expected to shift back northward as a warm front from the Ohio Valley toward Lake Erie. LEZ162-163-301415- 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- 742 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .TODAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A chance of showers during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 1 foot or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ164>166-301415- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 742 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .TODAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A chance of showers during the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-167>169-301415- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 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- 742 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .TODAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A slight chance of showers late. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north. A slight chance of showers early. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-301415- MAFOR 3009/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11710 11820 11720 11810 11820 13810. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11710 13720 11830 12820 11810. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet today. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight. ERIE EAST 1/3 11610 14720 11710 12810. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet today. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. $$