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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 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 ridge averaging 29.90 inches will settle over the lake through
Monday night. Low pressure 29.20 inches will move east across
northern Ontario and northern Quebec late Monday into Tuesday,
extending a cold front across Lake Erie Tuesday afternoon and
evening. High pressure 30.10 inches will quickly build over the
Great Lakes behind the cold front and will exit to the east
Thursday, allowing a warm front to lift north across the lake
Thursday into early Friday. A second warm front will approach from
the southwest during the day Friday.

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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-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025

.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest
10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
25 knots. A chance of rain Friday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.

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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-
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025

.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet
building to 3 to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest and
increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 foot or less building to
3 to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest.
Waves 3 to 6 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northeast
10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast 10 to
15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
25 knots. A chance of rain Friday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 3 to 5 feet.

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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-
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025

.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. The lake is mostly ice
covered.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots diminishing to less than
10 knots.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots.
.TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming
northeast.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots.

Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered.

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MAFOR 0921/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11510 12520 12510 13500. Waves 1 to 3 feet building
to 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or
less Monday.

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 14520 11510 13500. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to
3 to 5 feet tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet
Monday.

ERIE EAST 1/3 11510 13520 11510 13500. Waves omitted due to the
lake being mostly ice covered.

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