FZUS61 KCLE 211504 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1004 AM EST Sat Feb 21 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 averaging 30.00 inches will persist across the area today. A low pressure system will rapidly deepen near the Mid- Atlantic Coast Sunday night into Monday and extend a trough averaging 29.90 inches across the Eastern Great Lakes. A ridge averaging 30.20 inches will enter for Tuesday, followed by low pressure 29.50 inches by mid-week. LEZ162-163-212130- 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- 1004 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 .REST OF TODAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. The lake is mostly ice covered. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. A slight chance of snow. A chance of snow late. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Snow. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Snow in the evening, then a chance of snow overnight. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of snow during the day. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain and snow during the day, then a chance of rain Wednesday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ164>166-212130- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 1004 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots. The lake is mostly ice covered. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of snow. Snow likely late. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Snow. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Snow. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Snow likely during the day. .TUESDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming south and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain and snow during the day, then rain likely with a chance of snow Wednesday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ061-167>169-212130- 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- 1004 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A slight chance of snow late this morning. The lake is mostly ice covered. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A slight chance of snow. A chance of snow late. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Snow likely. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Snow likely. .MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Snow likely during the day, then a chance of snow Monday night. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow Tuesday night. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain and snow during the day, then rain and snow likely Wednesday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ161-212130- MAFOR 2116/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11620 11610 14600 12607. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11520 11610 11600 13500 11507 11607. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE EAST 1/3 12520 11510 14500 11507. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$