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FZUS61 KBUF 142002
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

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 frontal boundary will remain stalled south of the
lower Great Lakes through Monday. Meanwhile, a 30.3 inch high will
build from Quebec to the Canadian Maritimes by late Sunday. A weak
29.9 inch low will move from the Ohio Valley Sunday to the Mid
Atlantic Monday, then another 29.6 inch low will push northeast
across the upper Great Lakes Tuesday. Yet another 29.5 inch low is
then forecast to track across the central Great Lakes and Quebec
Wednesday through Thursday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves
1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers Tuesday night. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
20 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday
night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Showers
likely during the day, then a chance of showers Thursday night.
Waves 3 to 6 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-
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming east.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance
of showers Tuesday night. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, then showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 to
4 feet building to 4 to 7 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 6 feet.
Waves occasionally around 9 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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MAFOR 1421/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11210 12200 12100 11110 12210. Waves 1 to 3
feet.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 12100 12200 13100 11800. Waves 2 feet or less.

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