NWS FORECAST FOR LAKE ERIE

NWS Forecast

OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE ERIE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
945 AM EST FRI APR 4 2003

LAKE ERIE FORECAST BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE

SYNOPSIS
A STATIONARY FRONT SOUTH OF LAKE ERIE WILL MOVE NORTH TO
NEAR THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE LAKE THIS EVENING WHILE A WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE 29.60 MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONT INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY
DAYBREAK SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE 30.50 INCHES JUST NORTHWEST OF THE
LAKES SATURDAY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LAKES
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE 29.70 INCHES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO PENNSYLVANIA MONDAY NIGHT THEN HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST OVER LAKE ERIE BY WEDNESDAY.

THIS AFTERNOON
NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. OCCASIONAL RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS....POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT
TIMES. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS 3 TO 4 FEET.

TONIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH. OCCASIONAL
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

SATURDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW
SHOWERS CHANGING TO JUST SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS 3 TO
5 FEET.

SATURDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.

SUNDAY
WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS. WAVES IN ICE FREE
AREAS 1 TO 3 FEET.

MONDAY
EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS THEN BACKING TO
NORTHWEST. RAIN LIKELY...MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW. WAVES IN ICE FREE
AREAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET.

TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. A CHANCE
OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WAVES IN ICE FREE
AREAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.



ERIE 14146 12136 12836. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS 3 TO 4 FEET.

NWS link for Erie weather updates/checks:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Foreca...US61.KCLE.html

[Buck]

I am not sure of the cause for this bad weater but I just read on Denied's web site that it may have something to do with Freebyrd putting his boat on the water. Please Steve for the love of God man, change boats or something. ;-) This is going to be another long year on Erie if we can't get him and Hal to go and chase another kind of fish, on another body of water.

:) :) :) :) :)

Is there any ice left on the lake?

It's not me! My boat hasn't touched the water yet.

just snow and 5 feet waves better find a mud puddle to fish !

[Airwave(OH)]

Don't blame Steve for all of it. I did plan a fish fry Sat. a week ago. :)

[ezmarc]

The weather is still looking bad for today but light NE winds are forecasted for Sunday and the WWA tourney. It should be a go! Man it was nasty out there yesterday and no fish on top of it!

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/p...ent=6&metric=0

Remember to Spring forward tonight! Don't be an hour late!

TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST...THEN
WEST AND INCREASING TO 35 KNOT GALES. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS
MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE LAKE. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET.

TONIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH AND DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET.

SUNDAY
NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS
IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES IN ICE FREE AREAS BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.