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I just got my old barometer down off the shelf, just so that I can watch it fall. * * * * * * * * * * * * Pressure from KOHLAKEW46 just around the corner. Wed. Noon 30.50, Thur. Midnight 30.26, 1:30 PM 29.89

from Google The average depth of Lake Erie is only about 62 feet (210 feet, maximum). Lake Huron measures 206 miles across and 183 miles north to south, with an average depth of 195 feet Lake Michigan is approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long. Averaging 279 feet in depth Lake Ontario is similar to Lake Erie in length and breadth. Yet with its greater average depth (approximately 283 feet) Lake Superior with an average depth approaching 500 feet, Superior also is the coldest and deepest (1,332 feet) of the Great Lakes

So something like the 'White Hurricane' January 26, 1978. Air pressure at Hopkins 28.28 inches. Temperature @ 4AM was 44°F, @ 6AM about 14°F, later 5° 82 MPH sustained wind at Hopkins, gust over 100 MPH at the water crib. With maybe 7 inches of new snow on top of 13 inches of old snow. (from the Dick Goddard book)

Off Topic: Great Lake Erie visibility 2PM Wednesday. I don't remember better visibility from Lakewood Park! The steam from the Perry nuke plant was bright (39 miles). The Timberlake/Eastlake smoke stacks looked like they were in downtown Cleveland (22 miles). The water crib antenna tower was very clear (4.3 miles). And the Avon Lake smoke stacks were bright( 13 miles). And an optical illusion of seeing the Canadian shoreline. Other walkers commented to me on this (I had noticed it on arriving at the park). But at 50 plus miles I don't think that it was real.

Cold Front - November 30th Well it's an interesting weather day! some data near Lakewood Park: Nov. 30, 2022 12AM - 55.2°F 2AM - 55.6°F 7AM - 52.5°F 9AM - 41.5°F 2PM - 31.8°F Rain 0.07 inch 8AM to 9:30AM 2PM Fairport Harbor WSW wind at 40 knots with gusts to 48 knots. 46 and 55 mph.

Monday afternoon with clear skies and warming temperatures the wind is still blowing well over 30 MPH out of the SW on the open water of Lake Erie.

I watched the game on CBS TV and I wounder way neither the team or the CBS crew were prepared for the move to Detroit. Tuesday it wasn't the weather people that came up with the possible plan of moving the game, yet the team and TV crew did everything at the last moment.

Meanwhile 5 miles West of the Cleveland football stadium, we got our first real snow of the season a little under 1 and 1/2 inch.

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 326 PM EST Fri Nov 18 2022 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 29.90 inches then lingers over Lake Erie into Saturday afternoon. A cold front should sweep southeast across the lake Saturday night into Sunday. A ridge of high pressure averaging 30.20 inches lifts to the south shore of the lake Sunday afternoon, then move east Monday into Tuesday. LEZ061-169-190315- 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- 326 PM EST Fri Nov 18 2022 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...West winds to 30 knots becoming southwest. Snow showers with a chance of thunderstorms through the early overnight, then a chance of snow showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. Waves 10 to 13 feet. Waves occasionally around 16 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest gales to 35 knots. A chance of snow showers early, then a slight chance of snow showers late in the morning. A slight chance of snow showers late. Waves 9 to 13 feet subsiding to 7 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 16 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest gales to 35 knots becoming west. Snow showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 10 to 15 feet. Waves occasionally around 19 feet. .SUNDAY...West gales to 35 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around 18 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 knots becoming southwest. Snow showers likely. Waves 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots becoming west and diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. A chance of rain and snow showers during the day, then a chance of rain showers Monday night. Waves 7 to 11 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

So how are the Western NY ski areas doing? (Peak & Peak and Kissing Bridge). Seems rather warm for good skiing snow.

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1023 AM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 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 will linger over the Great Lakes through Sunday and average 29.90 inches over Lake Erie. Within this trough, a cold front should sweep east across Lake Erie Friday morning and another cold front should sweep southeast across the lake Saturday night into Sunday. Behind the second front, a high pressure ridge averaging 30.00 inches should build from the Upper Midwest later Sunday through Tuesday. LEZ061-168-169-172130- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 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- 1023 AM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 .THIS AFTERNOON...West winds to 30 knots. A chance of rain and snow showers, then rain and snow showers likely late. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds to 30 knots . Rain showers, snow showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Waves 7 to 11 feet building to 9 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots becoming west in the afternoon. Rain and snow showers. Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds to 30 knots becoming southwest. Snow and rain showers in the evening, then snow showers overnight. Waves 8 to 11 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots becoming west. A chance of snow showers during the day, then snow showers Saturday night. Waves 7 to 11 feet building to 9 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds to 30 knots becoming southwest. Waves 8 to 11 feet subsiding to 5 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. Waves 8 to 12 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Lake Erie Offshore Forecast: LEZ061-168-169-162130- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 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- 1025 AM EST Wed Nov 16 2022 .REST OF TODAY...West winds 20 to 25 knots. Rain showers, then rain and snow showers late. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 15 to 25 knots. Rain and snow showers early, then rain showers, snow showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms from late evening on. Waves 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 15 to 25 knots. Rain showers likely with snow showers in the morning, then rain showers in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds to 30 knots. Rain showers in the evening, then snow showers, rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 5 to 8 feet building to 7 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet. .FRIDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots. Snow showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds to 30 knots. Snow showers. Waves 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds to 30 knots. Snow showers likely during the day. Waves 5 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Sunday afternoon weather is of interest to Clevelanders. If the wind is out of the West, it will be a snowbowl football game.

They only did one race on Thursday (the hope was for 3 races). I think that the cells to the NW and S complicated course setting. Late Fri. and all day Sat. may be a challenge for the smaller boats. the open water forecast: .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet. .FRIDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming north. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 4 to 7 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .SATURDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet or less.

There is a big sailboat race regatta in Cleveland. It was scheduled to start Wed. June 15, but lack of wind delayed the beginning to Thursday morning. Any thoughts on wind and waves Thur, Fri, Sat & Sun, during the day?

While it was hard to measure with the drifting, I'll go with more than 10 inches near Lakewood Park.

On Saturday at 12:40 PM, the Lorain Harbor, OH weather station (Station LORO1) measured a gust of 66 knots. That's 76MPH. At 12:30 PM Cleveland shoreline had a temperature of 63°F and at 4PM it's about 40°F.

Thunderstorm Friday evening in Lakewood! I don't recall that much lightening in a half hour period. (about 6:50 to 7:20PM) Oh the Thursday afternoon dropped abut 2 inches of rain

At 8AM, there was 1/4 inch of snow near Lakewood Park. The overnight temperature never dipped below 35/36°F.

The 70% number was based on COVID-19 a year ago. The newer variants may push that number above 85%

5PM wind at the west end of Lake Erie is 32 knots out of the South West. Temperature has risen to 23°F. Water temperature near Cleveland is 35°F and near Buffalo 33°F.

How do you get that view of KCLE Cleveland radar ?

Not just the Super Bowl, also: Mardi Gras : February 16, 2021 St. Patrick's Day : March 17, 2021 Easter : April 4, 2021

It's been two years and a few days since Cleveland has had a below zero F° temperature. That's about to change.