Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
997 FZUS61 KCLE 250831 GLFLE 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. LEZ162>166-251430- 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. $$ LEZ061-167>169-251430- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on- the-Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 431 AM EDT Sun Oct 25 2026 .TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less increasing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LEZ161-251430- 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. $$