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GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
445 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 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 compact 29.4 inch low just north of Lake Ontario
will rotate across northern New York this morning. A 30.0 inch
high centered over the Ohio Valley on Monday will then extend
northwards across the Great Lakes. The axis of the high pressure
will cross the lake Monday night and Tuesday. The next cold front
will then cross the lake Wednesday. Another 30.0 inch high will
then build across the central Great Lakes and into the lower Lakes
Thursday and Friday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
445 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

.TODAY...Northwest winds to 30 knots becoming west and
diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to
3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding
to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to
3 feet.

$$

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
445 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

.TODAY...West winds to 30 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to 15 to 20 knots. Showers likely this morning, then
a chance of showers early this afternoon. Waves 7 to 11 feet
subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
3 to 5 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of
showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to
20 knots. Waves 2 feet or less building to 2 to 4 feet.

$$

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MAFOR 2409/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 12740 11730 11610 12710 11700 11600. Waves 6 to
10 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet, and occasionally around 13 feet
today. Waves 1 to 3 feet tonight.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11640 12740 11730 11710 13600. A chance of
showers this morning. Waves 7 to 11 feet subsiding to 5 to 8
feet, and occasionally around 14 feet today. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight.

$$

EAJ