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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
347 AM EDT Thu Jun 27 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 impacts Lake Erie through Friday as
the parent high pressure center moves from the Upper Midwest to
Atlantic waters near Nantucket. This ridge exits eastward on
Friday night through Saturday morning as a warm front sweeps
northward across Lake Erie. A cold front is then expected to
sweep eastward across Lake Erie Saturday evening through Sunday
morning. Behind the cold front, another ridge averaging 30.10
inches builds from the north-central United States and western
Great Lakes through Monday.

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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-
347 AM EDT Thu Jun 27 2024

.TODAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves
2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A chance
of showers overnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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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-
347 AM EDT Thu Jun 27 2024

.TODAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 1 to
2 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. A
chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to
3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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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-
347 AM EDT Thu Jun 27 2024

.TODAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to
20 knots. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during
the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday
night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding
to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves 2 to
4 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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MAFOR 2709/
ERIE WEST 1/3 12810 12800 12100 11110 11200. Waves 1 to 3 feet
today. Waves 2 feet or less tonight.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12810 11800 11700 12800 11100 11200. Waves 1 to
3 feet.

ERIE EAST 1/3 11810 11800 11700 11600 11700 11800 11100 11200.
Waves 2 feet or less.

$$