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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
350 AM EST Thu Dec 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 trough averaging 29.80 inches will linger across the Great Lakes
region through this evening. A ridge averaging 30.00 inches will
briefly build east over the Great Lakes Thursday night into
Friday morning before low pressure 29.80 inches moves east across
the Ohio Valley during the day Friday. A cold front will move
east across Lake Erie Saturday morning with high pressure 30.60
inches building southeast from the Midwest on Sunday to the Ohio
Valley on 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-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
350 AM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

.TODAY...West winds 15 to 25 knots. A slight chance of snow.
Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to
15 knots. A slight chance of snow early. A slight chance of snow
after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west and
increasing to 15 to 25 knots. A chance of snow. Waves 1 foot or
less building to 3 to 5 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots.
A chance of snow. Waves 3 to 6 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots. A
chance of snow during the day. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 4 to
7 feet, then subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around
9 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 6 feet.

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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-
350 AM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

.TODAY...Northwest winds to 30 knots becoming west. A slight
chance of snow. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around
10 feet.
.TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. A slight chance of snow. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to
2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to
3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to
30 knots. A chance of snow overnight. Waves 2 feet or less
building to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds to 30 knots. Snow likely. Waves 7 to
10 feet subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around
13 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds to 30 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow during the day.
Waves 7 to 10 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally
around 13 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots. Waves
4 to 7 feet building to 8 to 11 feet, then subsiding to 6 to
9 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.

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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-
350 AM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

.TODAY...West winds to 30 knots. A chance of snow. Waves 6 to
9 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet.
.TONIGHT...West winds to 30 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of snow. Waves 5 to
8 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around
10 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 2 to
4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots. A chance of snow overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building
to 3 to 6 feet.
.SATURDAY...West winds to 30 knots. Snow likely. Waves 6 to
10 feet subsiding to 5 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around
13 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds to 30 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to 15 to 20 knots. Snow likely during the day, then a
chance of snow Sunday night. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to
5 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots increasing to 30 knots. A
chance of snow. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 7 to 11 feet. Waves
occasionally around 14 feet.

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MAFOR 1110/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11730 14630 11620 11610 11600. Waves 3 to 6 feet
building to 4 to 7 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 6 feet, and
occasionally around 9 feet today. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to
1 to 3 feet tonight.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11730 14630 11620 12610. A chance of snow this
afternoon. Waves 5 to 9 feet, and occasionally around 11 feet
today. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, and
occasionally around 10 feet tonight.

ERIE EAST 1/3 13630 12640 11630 11620 11710. A chance of snow.
Waves 5 to 9 feet, and occasionally around 11 feet today. Waves 5
to 8 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet, and occasionally around 10
feet tonight.

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