Sandusky Bay / Erie Islands Weather
Weather Information for the Sandusky Bay/Erie Islands Region, from sailsandusky.com
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Links to UNISYS WEATHER Analyses:
Sample radar image - click for full-size animation
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Midwest radar
composite (animated)

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Midwest satellite
composite (animated)

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Midwest surface data
Lower 48
wind line plots:

surface


300 mb
click city below for metrogram image
Surface Metrogram:
Detroit
Cleveland

    Weather Underground Area Radar Loop (w/ ground clutter):  Detroit   Fort Wayne     Weather Underground HOME

NOAA   Erie County Forecast    National Map

NOAA Text stuff - usually loads quickly, great for dialup:
Nearshore Marine Forecast - Lake Erie
Open Lake Marine Forecast - Lake Erie
Marine Weather Statement - Cleveland,OH

NOAA Lake Erie Water Levels Charts:  Current   Historic

Ice:   Great Lakes Ice Outlook    Ice Charts - Eastern Great Lakes   

Wind:    ABOUT THE BEAUFORT WIND SCALE

Time:  What time is it now?
Eastern    UTC ("Z Time")     Why "UTC"? What is it?

Area Stations in/on Lake Erie:

NOAA Station THLO1 - Toledo, OH Light
NOAA Station MRHO1 - Marblehead, OH
NOAA Station SBIO1 - South Bass Island, OH
NOAA Bouy 45005 - W ERIE 28NM NW of Cleveland
NOAA Bouy 45132 - Port Stanley - Lake Erie
Port Stanley Bouy (Canadian)
Wunderground LaFarge Marblehead Dock Data

This stuff needs JavaScript:
Radar:    Weather Channel Doppler Radar
     WKYC Channel 3 Cleveland Radar Loop
Wind:  NOAA Wind Plots
    SAILFLOW.COM    Sandusky Bay (forecast)   South Bass I.
    Regional Current Winds by Intellicast
    Regional WINDcast by Intellicast (seasonal only?)

SURFACE FORECASTS
Cleveland Detroit Lorain Mansfield Toledo
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