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FZUS61 KBUF 080215
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1015 PM EDT Sun Jul 7 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 30.1 inch high sprawled across the Lower Great
Lakes will drift to New England Monday...then off the east coast
on Tuesday. An initial 29.7 inch low sliding across the Canadian
Maritimes will push its trailing weak cold front toward the lake
Tuesday night and early Wednesday...where it will stall as another
29.7 inch low tracks from the Lower Mississippi Valley Tuesday
night to the Upper Ohio Valley Wednesday. This second low will
then lift across the Lower Great Lakes Wednesday night and
Thursday...with a 30.1 inch high then forecast to ridge across
New York State on Friday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1015 PM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

.OVERNIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming
southwest. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming
southwest. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 knots or less becoming northwest.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. A
chance of showers during the day, then rain likely with a chance
of thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, then a chance
of showers Thursday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1015 PM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

.OVERNIGHT...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds less than 10 knots becoming
south. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest.
A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A
chance of showers during the day, then rain likely with a chance
of thunderstorms Wednesday night. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...East winds around 10 knots becoming southwest. Rain
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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MAFOR 0803/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11400 13500 11600 12200 11300. Waves 1 foot or
less.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 14400 11500 11700 11100 11400. Waves 1 foot or
less.

$$

JJR