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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
944 PM EDT Thu Aug 21 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 trough averaging 29.90 inches lingers over Lake Erie before a
high pressure ridge builds from the northwestern Great Lakes
tonight through Friday. The ridge then begins to exit toward the
New England to Mid-Atlantic seaboard Friday night through
Saturday, which will allow a warm front to sweep northward across
Lake Erie Friday night. A cold front should sweep eastward across
Lake Erie Saturday night into Sunday morning. Behind the cold
front, a trough averaging 29.90 inches should linger over Lake
Erie through this Tuesday.

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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-
944 PM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming
southwest. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

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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-
944 PM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. Waves 1 to
2 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

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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-
944 PM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east.
Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. A chance
of showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 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-
944 PM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming north. Waves
1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west.
Showers likely in the evening, then showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers Sunday
night. Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to
15 knots. A chance of showers during the day. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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MAFOR 2203/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11110 11100 12200 11100 13200. Waves 1 to 3 feet
overnight. Waves 2 feet or less Friday and Friday evening.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11110 14200 12100 11200. Waves 1 to 3 feet
overnight. Waves 2 feet or less Friday and Friday evening.

ERIE EAST 1/3 11110 12200 11300 11100 11800 11100 11200. Waves 1
to 3 feet overnight. Waves 1 foot or less Friday and Friday
evening.

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