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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
431 AM EDT Sun Oct 25 2026

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...
High pressure 30.50 inches along the East Coast will slide
southwest today through the central Appalachians and into the
Tennessee Valley. This will allow for a weak cold front to cross
the lake on Monday. High pressure 30.50 inches will return on
Tuesday and remain for much of the rest of the week.

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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-
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-
431 AM EDT Sun Oct 25 2026

.TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. Waves
2 feet or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building
to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest
10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west and
diminishing to 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

$$

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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-
431 AM EDT Sun Oct 25 2026

.TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest. Waves
2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less increasing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves
1 to 2 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming
northeast. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

$$

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MAFOR 2509/
ERIE WEST 1/3 12400 11500 11400 11300 11400 12500. Waves 1 foot
or less.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12400 12500 12400 12500. Waves 2 feet or less.

ERIE EAST 1/3 12400 14500 11500 11510. Waves 2 feet or less.

$$