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FZUS61 KBUF 031436
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1036 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 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 30.3 inch high will be centered well off the East
coast today. A cold front extending from a 29.4 inch low near
Hudson Bay will cross the lake early tonight before stalling out
just south of New York State Thursday through Friday. A 29.8 inch
low and cold front extending southward from it will then cross the
lake Saturday. High pressure of 30.0 inches centered over the
Mid-Atlantic will extend northward over the lake Sunday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1036 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest
15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of
showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and
variable. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms Friday night. Waves
1 foot or less building to 1 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers
during the day. Waves 1 to 2 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 to 2 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay-
1036 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms late. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers
after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds less than 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southeast.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms Friday night. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1036 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet
building to 2 to 4 feet.
.TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 5 to
15 knots. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms through
the early overnight, then a chance of showers late. Waves 2 to
4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light
and variable. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms Friday night. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then
a chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet
subsiding to 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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MAFOR 0315/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11410 11520 12510 11500 13600. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then a chance of showers overnight.
Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon and tonight. Waves 1 foot or
less Thursday morning.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11420 12410 11416 11516 13500. A chance of
thunderstorms this evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4
feet this afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet
tonight. Waves 1 foot or less Thursday morning.

$$