Expires:202505162030;;612494 FZUS61 KCLE 161405 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1005 AM EDT Fri May 16 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... Low pressure 29.30 inches will track eastward across the upper Great Lakes late today into early Saturday. A warm front will move northward over the lake tonight, with a cold front sweeping across the lake Saturday morning. A ridge averaging 30.40 inches will build across western Ontario early Sunday and slowly move eastward through Tuesday. LEZ061-168-169-162030- 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- 1005 AM EDT Fri May 16 2025 .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 3 to 6 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers Tuesday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$