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FZUS61 KBUF 251433
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1033 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 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...The axis of a 30.0 inch high will exit this afternoon.
Meanwhile, a 29.2 inch low tracking across northern Ontario
Canada will send a cold front towards the lake tonight and into
Wednesday. Another 30.0 inch high will then build across the
central Great Lakes and into the lower Great Lakes Thursday and
Friday. A 29.6 inch low will move across the upper Great Lakes
Saturday and Sunday with another cold front crossing the region.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1033 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest
15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers late. Waves around 1 foot
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. A chance of showers through the early overnight. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. A
chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest.
A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. A chance
of showers Friday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1033 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers
late. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance
of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of
showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north. Waves
2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots.
A chance of showers Friday night. Waves 2 feet or less building
to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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MAFOR 2515/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11410 11510 12520 11510 13610. A chance of
showers this afternoon and tonight. Waves around 1 foot building
to 2 to 4 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet tonight. Waves 1
to 3 feet Wednesday morning.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 12300 11400 12510 13610. A chance of showers
tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

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