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FZUS61 KBUF 180158
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
958 PM EDT Fri May 17 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...An upper level disturbance will cross the Lake
tonight and early Saturday. A large disorganized storm system over
the Upper Ohio Valley Saturday night will pass over the Carolinas
and Mid Atlantic region on Sunday. High pressure averaging 30.1
inches will be centered over New England on Monday. This high will
slide towards Atlantic Canada Tuesday as an area of low pressure
deepening to 29.3 inches lifts from the Plains to the western
Great Lakes.

LOZ062-180915-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
958 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Patchy fog. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms late this evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less. Patchy fog early.
Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east.
Waves around 1 foot.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds less than 10 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers Tuesday
night. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ063>065-180915-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
958 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

.REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots. Patchy fog. Showers
with a chance of thunderstorms, then a chance of showers late.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots. Patchy fog early. A chance
of showers early. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds less than 10 knots becoming north.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds less than 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ061-180915-
MAFOR 1803/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11200 11210 11200 14100 11200. A chance of
showers overnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11206 11210 13310 11300 12200. A chance of
thunderstorms late this evening. Waves 2 feet or less.

$$