Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
985 FZUS61 KCLE 111535 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1035 AM EST Tue Nov 11 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 ridge averaging 30.00 inches will build in from the south over Lake Erie today, followed by a warm front tonight and a cold front Wednesday. A ridge averaging 30.10 inches builds back in from the south Thursday into Thursday night. LEZ162>164-112115- 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- 1035 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... .REST OF TODAY...West winds 20 to 25 knots becoming southwest. A slight chance of snow late this morning. A slight chance of rain and snow late. Waves 3 to 6 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds to 30 knots. A slight chance of rain and snow early. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds to 30 knots. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. Rain likely Saturday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LEZ165-112115- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 1035 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 .REST OF TODAY...West winds to 30 knots becoming southwest. A chance of rain and snow late this morning, then a slight chance of rain and snow this afternoon. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds to 30 knots. A chance of rain and snow early, then a slight chance of rain. A chance of rain late. Waves 5 to 8 feet building to 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds to 30 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 5 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 knots. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain during the day, then rain likely Saturday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. $$ LEZ061-166>169-112115- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM 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-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- 1035 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...West winds to 30 knots. Rain likely with snow late this morning, then a chance of rain this afternoon. Waves 7 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest gales to 35 knots. Rain and snow likely in the evening, then rain likely after midnight. Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .WEDNESDAY...West winds to 30 knots. Rain. Waves 7 to 11 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 7 to 11 feet subsiding to 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain during the day. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. $$ LEZ161-112115- MAFOR 1116/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11630 11530 14540 12640. A chance of rain late this morning and Wednesday morning. Waves 5 to 8 feet, and occasionally around 10 feet this afternoon. Waves 5 to 9 feet, and occasionally around 11 feet tonight and Wednesday morning. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...12640 11540 12550 11540 12646. A chance of snow this evening. Waves 8 to 11 feet, and occasionally around 12 feet. ERIE EAST 1/3...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...11646 11640 11540 11547 11557 11556 11546 11646. Waves 7 to 10 feet, and occasionally around 13 feet this afternoon. Waves 8 to 12 feet, and occasionally around 15 feet tonight. Waves 7 to 11 feet, and occasionally around 14 feet Wednesday morning. $$