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FZUS61 KBUF 110534
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
134 AM EDT Thu Aug 11 2022

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 29.7 inch low will track well north of the lake
overnight with an associated cold front crossing the lake
Thursday. A large 30.2 inch high will move across the Great Lakes
Friday and into the weekend. This area of high pressure will then
slip east of the Lake on Sunday. Then another 30.2 inch high will
build across Ontario province and the Upper Great Lakes on Monday.

LOZ062-110930-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
134 AM EDT Thu Aug 11 2022

.OVERNIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming north
10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to
3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A chance of
showers. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers.
Waves 2 feet or less.

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LOZ063>065-110930-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
134 AM EDT Thu Aug 11 2022

.OVERNIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest 15 to
20 knots. A chance of showers through early afternoon. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming
northeast. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 1 foot
or less.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. A chance
of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

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LOZ061-110930-
MAFOR 1103/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11510 12610 13710 11720 11820. Waves 2 feet or
less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Thursday. Waves 2 to 4 feet
Thursday evening.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11500 11510 11610 12710 11610 11710 11820. Waves
2 feet or less overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet Thursday. Waves 1 to
3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Thursday evening.

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