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FZUS61 KCLE 230108
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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
908 PM EDT Thu May 22 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 low of 29.70 inches wobbles east-northeastward across the
eastern Great Lakes and toward the Canadian Maritimes through
Saturday. Simultaneously, an attendant trough averaging 29.90
inches lingers over Lake Erie. During Saturday night through
Monday, a ridge averaging 30.30 inches builds from the western
Great Lakes. The ridge should exit slowly toward the north through
east this Monday night through Tuesday as a weak trough averaging
30.10 inches overspreads the Lake Erie region from the Tennessee
and Mid Ohio Valleys.

LEZ162-163-230815-
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-
908 PM EDT Thu May 22 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A slight
chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...North winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Waves
1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. A chance of
showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

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LEZ164>168-230815-
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-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-
908 PM EDT Thu May 22 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A slight
chance of showers. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet.
Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. A slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 6 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 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...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. Waves
1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
1 to 3 feet.

$$

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Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
908 PM EDT Thu May 22 2025

.OVERNIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of
showers. Waves 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.
.FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
4 to 6 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest
10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding
to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 knots or less becoming northwest. Waves
around 1 foot.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
2 feet or less.

$$

LEZ161-230815-
MAFOR 2303/
ERIE WEST 1/3 13720 13620 12720. Waves 3 to 5 feet overnight and
Friday. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet Friday
evening.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11730 12720 14620 11720. Waves 4 to 7 feet, and
occasionally around 9 feet overnight. Waves 3 to 6 feet Friday
and Friday evening.

ERIE EAST 1/3 11630 15620 11620. A chance of showers. Waves 4 to
7 feet, and occasionally around 9 feet overnight and Friday.
Waves 3 to 5 feet Friday evening.

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