Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
825 FZUS61 KBUF 110202 GLFLO Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1002 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2026 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 continue northeast of the lake this evening. Another warm front will cross the lake Thursday night ahead of a 29.7 inch trough that will cross the lake later Friday. Associated with the trough, an attendant cold front across the lake Friday afternoon and evening. A 30.0 inch high will ridge across the lower Great Lakes Friday night through Sunday morning, before a cold front crosses the region later Sunday or Sunday night. The eastern edge of a 30.1 inch high over the central portion of the CONUS will push over the lake on Monday. LOZ062-110900- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- 1002 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2026 .OVERNIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Patchy fog late. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance of showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then showers likely Sunday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LOZ063>065-110900- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence River- 1002 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2026 .OVERNIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Patchy fog late. A chance of showers late. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers through early afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. Showers in the evening. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then showers likely Sunday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 3 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LOZ061-110900- MAFOR 1103/ ONTARIO WEST 1/2 12500 12510 13610 11500. A chance of showers Thursday morning. Waves 1 to 2 feet. ONTARIO EAST 1/2 14500 11500 11600 11510 11500. Waves 2 feet or less. $$