Prolonged Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest; Snow and High Winds in the North-Central U.S.

A prolonged atmospheric river will continue impacting the Pacific Northwest with heavy rainfall which has lead to areas of urban and river flooding along with gusty winds into Thursday. A clipper will bring heavy snow, some mixed wintry precipitation, and gusty to high winds across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes into Thursday morning. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory in effect from December 9, 09:00 PM EST until December 13, 06:00 PM EST

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Buffalo, NY Local Forecast Office

6NM W Sackets Harbor NY

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

This Afternoon
High: 32 °F
Water: 41 °F
S 20kt
2ft
Tonight
Low: 27 °F
⇑SSW 30kt
3-4ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday
High: 40 °F
S 22kt
2-3ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday Night
Low: 19 °F
W 23kt
3-4ft

Small Craft Advisory
Thursday
High: 24 °F
WNW 24kt
3ft

Small Craft Advisory
Thursday Night
Low: 21 °F
WNW 22kt
2-3ft

Small Craft Advisory
Friday
High: 30 °F
WNW 15kt
1-2ft

Small Craft Advisory
Friday Night
Low: 25 °F
SSW 13kt
1ft

Small Craft Advisory
Saturday
High: 32 °F
⇑W 22kt
4ft

Small Craft Advisory

High and low forecast temperature values represent air temperature.

Water temperature forecast is experimental.

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 12:36 pm EST Dec 9, 2025
Forecast Valid: 3pm EST Dec 9, 2025-6pm EST Dec 16, 2025

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Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

S wind 18 to 20 kt, with gusts as high as 27 kt. Snow showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Waves around 2 ft.

Tonight

SSW wind 22 to 25 kt increasing to 27 to 30 kt. Winds could gust as high as 36 kt. Snow showers likely, mainly after 5am. Waves 3 to 4 ft.

Wednesday

S wind around 22 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 kt. Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 3pm. Waves 2 to 3 ft.

Wednesday Night

WSW wind around 23 kt becoming WNW after midnight. Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 10pm. Waves 3 to 4 ft.

Thursday

WNW wind 21 to 24 kt. A chance of snow showers. Waves around 3 ft.

Thursday Night

WNW wind 17 to 22 kt. A slight chance of snow showers. Waves 2 to 3 ft.

Friday

WNW wind 12 to 15 kt. Partly sunny. Waves 1 to 2 ft.

Friday Night

W wind 9 to 13 kt becoming SSW after midnight. A chance of snow showers. Waves around 1 ft.

Saturday

SSW wind 15 to 18 kt becoming W 19 to 22 kt in the afternoon. Snow showers likely. Waves 2 ft building to 4 ft.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.