FZUS61 KCLE 181352 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 952 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 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 29.40 inches will drag a cold front east through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley this evening. A trough averaging 29.90 inches moves across the lake on Sunday before high pressure 30.40 inches moves overhead Sunday night into 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- 952 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms late this morning, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms early this afternoon. A slight chance of showers late. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A slight chance of showers early. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain showers in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ165>168-182015- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on- the-Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 952 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late this morning, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms early this afternoon. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A slight chance of showers early, then a chance of showers late in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain showers in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east 10 knots or less. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ061-169-182015- 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- 952 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 .REST OF TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest. A slight chance of showers late this morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early this afternoon. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain showers through the early overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A chance of rain showers in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LEZ161-182015- MAFOR 1815/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11526 13620 11720 11620 11610 11620. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11526 11626 14620 11610 11620. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. ERIE EAST 1/3 11420 11526 11520 14610 11610. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$