####018004542#### FZUS61 KCLE 181343 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 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 ridge averaging 30.10 inches will expand north across Lake Erie today. Low pressure of 29.80 inches will move northeast across Lake Erie tonight, pulling a cold front east across the lake behind it through Friday. A ridge averaging 30.20 inches builds in Friday night, followed by another cold front with pressure of 30.00 inches on Saturday. High pressure of 30.10 inches will build east through the Ohio Valley Sunday through Monday. LEZ162>164-182015- 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- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...West winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .MONDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 1 foot or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>167-182015- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-168-169-182015- 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- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. A chance of showers late. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest and diminishing to around 10 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-182015- MAFOR 1815/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11600 11500 11300 11200 11300 11306 11416 11610. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11610 11500 11400 12300 11310 11416 11516. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less tonight and Friday morning. ERIE EAST 1/3 12510 11500 11400 12300 11310 11416. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$