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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
336 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

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 currently over the central basin of Lake Erie will
continue east across the rest of Lake Erie through this evening.
A residual trough averaging 30.00 inches will build into the lake
for Saturday and Sunday. High pressure 30.30 inches will build
into the Great Lakes on Monday before departing to the east coast
on Tuesday and Wednesday.

LEZ162>164-060215-
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-
336 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. Waves
1 foot or less.

$$

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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-
336 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves
occasionally around 11 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers
in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of
waterspouts. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. A chance of showers in the morning. A chance of
waterspouts. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves
2 feet or less.

$$

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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-
336 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves
occasionally around 11 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of
showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of
waterspouts. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
likely overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Showers likely in the morning. A chance of waterspouts.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A
chance of waterspouts in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding
to 1 to 2 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
2 feet or less.

$$

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MAFOR 0521/
ERIE WEST 1/3 12630 11720 11710 11610 11600 12610. Waves 5 to 8
feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, and occasionally around 10 feet
tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Saturday.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12630 11620 11710 14610. Waves 5 to 9 feet
subsiding to 3 to 6 feet, and occasionally around 11 feet
tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Saturday.

ERIE EAST 1/3 12630 11620 12610 12600 11610. Waves 6 to 9 feet
subsiding to 3 to 6 feet, and occasionally around 11 feet
tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Saturday.

$$