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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
258 PM EST Thu Dec 4 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 30.40 inches affects Lake Erie through Friday
night as the embedded high pressure center moves from near the
Upper Mississippi Valley to Atlantic waters near Nova Scotia. On
Saturday, a cold front should sweep generally southeastward
across Lake Erie. The front should waver in a north-south manner
in vicinity of Lake Erie on Sunday as a low wobbles east-northeastward
from near the east-central Great Plains to the northeast United
States and deepens slightly to 29.90 inches. On Monday, a ridge
averaging 30.50 inches should build from the Upper Mississippi
Valley through about midday and then begin to exit eastward during
the rest of Monday through Tuesday. This should allow a warm
front to sweep northeastward across Lake Erie later 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-
258 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

.TONIGHT...North winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north 15 to 20 knots.
A chance of snow during the day. Waves 2 feet or less building to
2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to
20 knots. A chance of snow Monday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to
20 knots. Snow likely during the day, then a chance of snow
Tuesday night. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 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-
258 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

.TONIGHT...North winds 10 knots or less becoming south 10 to
15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to
20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet
building to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. A
chance of snow and rain. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to
6 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to
15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north and increasing
to 15 to 25 knots. A chance of snow. Waves 1 to 3 feet building
to 3 to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots becoming south. A chance of
snow Monday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 6 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots. Snow during the day, then
snow likely Tuesday night. Waves 6 to 9 feet building to 7 to
11 feet, then subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around
14 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-
258 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to
20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet
building to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. A
chance of rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around
9 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest
5 to 15 knots. A chance of rain and snow in the evening, then a
chance of snow overnight. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 1 to
3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north 15 to 20 knots.
A chance of snow. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots becoming south. Waves 2 to
4 feet building to 3 to 6 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to
25 knots. Snow. Waves 6 to 9 feet building to 7 to 11 feet, then
subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.

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MAFOR 0422/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11700 11500 11400 12410 13510. Waves 2 feet or less
tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Friday.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 12700 11400 13410 12520. Waves 1 to 3 feet
tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Friday.

ERIE EAST 1/3 11720 11800 11300 11400 12410 12510. Waves 3 to 5
feet subsiding to 2 feet or less tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet
Friday.

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