Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
204 FZUS61 KCLE 070149 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 949 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 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 warm front approaches Lake Erie from the southwest on Tuesday. It then sweeps northeastward across the lake Tuesday night. Low pressure 29.50 inches moves across Ontario into New York by Wednesday morning with a cold front crossing the lake. A ridge averaging 30.00 inches then reaches over the lake through Wednesday night. Low pressure 29.50 inches tracks eastward across the southern Great Lakes region to southern New England Thursday into Friday. A trough averaging 29.70 inches persists over the Great Lakes into early Saturday. LEZ162>164-070830- 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- 949 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...East winds around 10 knots becoming northeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-070830- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 949 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Showers during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-070830- 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- 949 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots. Patchy fog late this evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east 10 knots or less. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-070830- MAFOR 0703/ ERIE WEST 1/3 12100 14210 11210 11316. A chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening. Waves 2 feet or less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday and Tuesday evening. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11100 11110 14210 11210 11316. A chance of thunderstorms Tuesday evening. Waves 2 feet or less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday and Tuesday evening. ERIE EAST 1/3 11200 11100 11110 13100 11110 11216. A chance of thunderstorms Tuesday evening. Waves 2 feet or less. $$