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FZUS61 KBUF 242028
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
428 PM 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 29.5 inch low over the Gulf of Maine will move
further out to sea tonight. A 30.0 inch high centered over the
Ohio Valley will extend northwards across the Great Lakes. The
axis of the high pressure will cross the lake tonight and Tuesday.
The next cold front will 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. A 29.6 inch low will move
across the Upper Great Lakes Saturday.

LOZ062-250330-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
428 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

.TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to 30 knots.
Waves 2 feet or less building to 3 to 6 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to
4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of
showers Friday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to
15 knots. 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.

$$

LOZ063>065-250330-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
428 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

.TONIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding
to 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance
of showers in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 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. 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 west 10 to
15 knots. 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 2421/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 14610 12500 11530 11540. Waves 2 to 4 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 2 feet or less building
to 3 to 6 feet Tuesday.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 14610 11610 11510 12500. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Tuesday.

$$