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FZUS61 KBUF 280220
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1020 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024

For waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on Lake Ontario

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 29.6 inch low will track from the central Plains
Sunday to Lake Superior by Monday evening...then to Ontario
Province on Tuesday. A cold front trailing from the low will cross
the lake on Tuesday...with a 29.9 inch bubble of high pressure
then forecast to slide across the lake Tuesday night and
Wednesday.

LOZ062-280915-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1020 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024

.OVERNIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest
10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms from late morning on. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. A
chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots.
A chance of showers in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Showers likely. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. Showers
likely during the day, then a chance of showers Tuesday night.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ063>065-280915-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1020 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024

.OVERNIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. A chance of showers late in the morning. Showers likely
with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening,
then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. A chance of showers in the morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A
chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely overnight.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. A
chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ061-280915-
MAFOR 2803/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11410 13510 12516 11600 11700. A chance of
thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 13420 11410 11510 11516 11606 11600. A chance of
thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

$$

Hitchcock


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