Special Marine Warning including the Lake St. Clair Open Lake (U.S. Portion) and Detroit River until 9:30 PM EDT

So many roost rings today!

Showers and thunderstorms moving in. Nothing severe.

Special Marine Warning including the Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border, Dunkirk to Buffalo NY and Ripley to Dunkirk NY until 10:30 PM EDT

This cell may contain a waterspout heading to the shore near Fredonia,NY. NWS has a marine warning for that area.

A second, more active band of rain and thunderstorms is heading towards Dunkirk and Silver Creek. Heavy rain, winds and possible strong waterspout. The area is still under Special Marine Warning from previous band.

BUF continues Marine Warning [waterspout: POSSIBLE, wind: >34 KTS, hail: 0.00 IN] for Dunkirk to Buffalo NY, Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border, Ripley to Dunkirk NY [LE] till 6:00 PM EDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…

Special Marine Warning continues for the Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border, Dunkirk to Buffalo NY and Ripley to Dunkirk NY until 6:00 PM EDT

Looking across the lake as this little storm goes ashore at Dunkirk, NY.

This got a little dark.

With aurora likely tomorrow night, here’s a map showing where cloud cover could affect viewing conditions across Southern Ontario. Most of cottage country and Eastern Ontario unfortunately look to be clouded over, while Southwestern Ontario looks to remain clear. #ONStorm #ONwx

Meteorological summer has come to an end. For the most part on Lake Erie, it was very tame. Drought was the big story. Wildfire smoke was another. For storm lovers... the lake always balances things out.

Days become dramatically shorter throughout September, faster than any other month, all due to the tilt of the Earth. bit.ly/45Qi7iI

These forecasts are all over the place. Best thing to do is wait for the reports to come in from Europe around 10pm EDT and that will give us an idea.