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FZUS61 KBUF 272009
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
409 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 warm front will move east across the lake this
evening. 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.

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

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers early. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers
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.

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
409 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024

.TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Showers early, then a chance of showers. Waves 3 to
5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance
of showers from late morning on. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. A
chance of showers. 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.

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MAFOR 2721/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 12310 12410 14510. A chance of showers Sunday.
Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to
3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Sunday.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11426 11420 14410 12510. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Sunday.

$$