FZUS61 KCLE 070245 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 945 PM EST Fri Feb 6 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 trough of 30.00 inches will linger across the eastern Great Lakes behind an arctic cold front. High pressure of 30.50 inches will build over Lake Erie Saturday into Saturday night. The high will gradually weakening to 30.20 inches through Monday. A warm front will lift north into the Great Lakes on Tuesday ahead of Low pressure of 29.70 inches tracking northeast into the Great Lakes. This system will pull a cold front back south across Lake Erie Tuesday night. LEZ162>168-070915- 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- 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- 945 PM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest gales to 35 knots diminishing to 30 knots. A slight chance of snow. The lake is mostly ice covered. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of rain Tuesday night. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain and snow. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ061-169-070915- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 945 PM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots. A chance of snow. The lake is mostly ice covered. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds less than 10 knots. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. A chance of rain Tuesday night. .WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain and snow during the day, then a chance of snow Wednesday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ161-070915- MAFOR 0704/ ERIE WEST 1/3...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...11750 11740 12730 12720 11710 11600. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...11750 12740 12730 11720 12710. A chance of snow overnight. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE EAST 1/3 12740 11730 12720 13710. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$