Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS)

Notice: The URL web names for the OFS Station Plots, OFS Map Plots, and Model Run Status and Reports are changed:

New OFS Station Plots URL web page: ofs_station.html (old: ofs_station.shtml)
New OFS Map Plots URL web page: ofs_mapplots.html (old: ofs_animation.shtml)
New Model Runs Status URL web page: model_status.html (old: model_status.shtml)
New Model Runs Flags Reports URL web page: ofs_reports.html (old: ofs_reports.shtml)

(Please click on the map pins below to access the time series plots)

Water Level	Wind	Water Temperature	Currents
(Please click on the categories below to access animated map plots)
Nowcast	Nowcast	Nowcast	Nowcast
Forecast Guidance	Forecast Guidance	Forecast Guidance	Forecast Guidance

The upgraded Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS) was jointly developed by NOAA/National Ocean Service's (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) and Office of Coast Survey (OCS), the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), the NOAA/National Weather Service's (NWS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) National Central Operations (NCO), and the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

The NWS and NOS work together to run LEOFS operationally on NOAA's High Performance Computing System (HPCS). By running on NOAA's HPCS, LEOFS has direct access to National Weather Service operational meteorological products that are required for reliable operations.

LEOFS uses the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM). LEOFS provides users with nowcast (analyses of near present) and forecast guidance of water levels, currents and water temperature out to 120 hours, four times per day.

For more information about LEOFS, please click here.

For more information about FVCOM, please click here.

Disclaimer:
The Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime user community with short-term predictions of water levels, water currents, and water temperatures of the Lake Erie. LEOFS uses a numerical hydrodynamic model to generate the nowcast and forecast information; therefore, they should be considered as model-generated nowcast and forecast guidance. For more detailed information related to the OFS disclaimer, please visit at the Disclaimers web page.

During extreme weather conditions, water level forecast guidance data are released for public utility and should be used with appropriate caution.