FZUS61 KCLE 180845 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 AM EST Wed Feb 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 of 29.20 inches will move into the Upper Midwest today, lifting a warm front north across Lake Erie. Another low pressure system will deepen to 29.30 inches as it approaches southern Lake Michigan Thursday night, continuing northeast on Friday and sweeping a cold front east across Lake Erie. A trough averaging 30.10 inches will linger across the eastern Great Lakes through the weekend. LEZ162-163-181515- 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- 345 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A slight chance of rain early, then rain late this morning. A chance of rain early this afternoon. Patchy fog from late morning on. The lake is mostly ice covered. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast. Rain. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Rain likely during the day. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. A chance of snow Saturday night. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of snow. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ164-165-181515- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 345 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain early, then rain. Patchy fog from late morning on. Waves in ice free areas 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 1 foot or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast. Rain. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Rain during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. A chance of snow Saturday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots becoming north. Snow likely during the day, then a chance of snow Sunday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Wave heights are for ice free areas. $$ LEZ061-166>169-181515- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM 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- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 345 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 .TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. A chance of rain early, then rain. A chance of rain late. The lake is mostly ice covered. .TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. A chance of rain in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast. Rain likely. .FRIDAY...South winds 15 to 25 knots becoming southwest. A chance of rain during the day. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. A chance of snow Saturday night. .SUNDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots. Snow likely during the day, then a chance of snow Sunday night. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$ LEZ161-181515- MAFOR 1810/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11310 11416 11526 11520 11610 11400 11300 11200. Waves 2 feet or less. Wave heights are for ice free areas. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11226 11320 11426 11520 11710 13200. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. ERIE EAST 1/3 11116 19114 11210 11216 11116 14100. Waves omitted due to the lake being mostly ice covered. $$