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FZUS61 KBUF 040244
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1044 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

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 29.9 inch high will build across the lake through
Friday. Then a cold front extending from a 29.7 inch low passing
to the north will drift across the lake late Friday into Saturday.
A 30.2 inch high will then ridge across the central Great Lakes
on Sunday.

LOZ062-040915-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1044 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

.OVERNIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves 2
feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.FRIDAY...Light and variable winds becoming southwest 5 to
10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves around 1 foot.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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LOZ063>065-040915-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1044 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

.OVERNIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming
southwest. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...North winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ061-040915-
MAFOR 0403/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11600 14500 13300. Waves 2 feet or less.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11610 11600 11500 11400 14300. Waves 2 feet or
less.

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