FZUS61 KCLE 052032 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 332 PM EST Thu Mar 5 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... A stalled frontal boundary will waver over northern Ohio through tonight before it lifts northward across Lake Erie as a warm front on Friday. Low pressure 29.70 inches will track northeast through the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes on Saturday. A trailing cold front will sweep eastward across Lake Erie Saturday evening. A ridge averaging 30.10 inches will build into the Ohio Valley region Sunday before shifting east by Monday into Tuesday. LEZ162-163-060330- 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- 332 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A chance of rain early. Waves in ice free areas 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 knots becoming southwest. A chance of rain during the day, then rain Tuesday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. Wave heights are for ice free areas. $$ LEZ164>166-060330- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 332 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east less than 10 knots. A chance of rain early, then a slight chance of rain late this evening. Patchy dense fog late. Waves in ice free areas 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. A slight chance of rain late. Waves 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots becoming south and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 25 knots becoming southwest. Rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain during the day, then rain Tuesday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 6 feet. Wave heights are for ice free areas. $$ LEZ061-167>169-060330- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM 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- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 332 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026 .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots diminishing to less than 10 knots. Rain likely early, then a chance of rain with a slight chance of snow late this evening. Patchy dense fog late. The lake is mostly ice covered. .FRIDAY...East winds less than 10 knots. Patchy fog early. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain. .SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest. Rain. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 5 to 15 knots. A chance of rain in the evening. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain during the day, then rain Tuesday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ161-060330- MAFOR 0522/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11110 11100 11200 12200 19204 13200. A chance of rain this evening. Waves 2 feet or less. Wave heights are for ice free areas. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11116 11110 11100 12200 19204 13200. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE EAST 1/3 11116 11110 11100 11100 19104 14100. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$