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FZUS61 KBUF 250215
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1015 PM EDT Wed Apr 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 large 30.4 inch Canadian high will settle over the
upper Great Lakes tonight, then slowly work across Lake Ontario
Thursday. The high will cross New England on Friday. A warm front
will lift northeast across the Lake late Friday night and
Saturday. A 29.6 inch low will then move from the central plains
Sunday to near Wisconsin by Monday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1015 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots.
Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast
10 to 15 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers during the day, then a chance of showers Saturday night.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance
of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

$$

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1015 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming
southeast. Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast 15 to
20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming
southeast. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming south.
Showers likely. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to
15 knots. Showers likely during the day, then a chance of showers
Sunday night. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance
of showers. Waves 2 feet or less.

$$

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MAFOR 2503/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 13110 11200 11110 11210 12300. Waves 2 feet or
less.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 13110 11100 11810 11710 11610 11500. Waves 1 to
3 feet overnight and Thursday. Waves 2 feet or less Thursday
evening.

$$

Hitchcock