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Lake Erie at Cleveland · Thursday, November 5
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Water temperature, water level, wind and marine warnings for Cleveland’s shore, read from NOAA and the National Weather Service every 10 minutes. A Morning Dispatch puts them in plain words, and a Shore Watch tells you when the lake is how you want it.
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Water8:36 AM
61.5°F
0.0vs 24 h ago
Wind from WSW8:36 AM
7 kn
gusting to 13 knots
Level above LWD8:36 AM
+2.06 ft
−0.12vs 24 h ago
Air8:36 AM
57.0°F
−8.3vs 24 h ago
In effect
Small Craft Advisory until 10:00 PM Thursday NWS, checked 8:43 AM.
The Morning Dispatch
Thursday, November 5
At 6:24 AM the water at NOAA's Cleveland station measured 61.7°F, 0.2°F warmer than 24 hours earlier.
The lake stood 2.34 ft above Low Water Datum, the zero of Lake Erie's navigation charts, 0.23 ft higher than 24 hours earlier.
Wind at the station: W at 20 knots, gusting to 22 knots.
Air temperature at the station: 59.2°F.
Over the past 24 hours the water ranged from 61.5°F to 61.7°F, and the strongest gust was 22 knots.
Issued, starting 7:00 AM Thursday: Small Craft Advisory until 10:00 PM Thursday. NWS: "Small Craft Advisory issued November 5 at 3:28AM EST until November 5 at 10:00PM EST by NWS Cleveland OH"
NWS nearshore forecast for Avon Point to Willowick, issued 3:32 AM Thursday. Today: Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet.
Tonight: Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain overnight. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet.
Every line comes from a cited U.S. government source. Nothing is written by AI and nothing is reported. All dispatches
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01 / INSTRUMENTS
NOAA station 9063063
Water level above Low Water Datum, water and air temperature and wind, in six-minute steps from NOAA’s Cleveland station. Station page
02 / WARNINGS
National Weather Service
Marine alerts for zone LEZ146, beach and lakeshore statements for Cuyahoga County, and the forecast periods of the NWS Cleveland nearshore forecast, word for word.
03 / WORDS
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