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FZUS61 KBUF 040816
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
415 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 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 cold front extending from a 29.4 inch low near
Hudson Bay will cross the lake this early morning, stalling near the
New York and Pennsylvania State Line today and tonight and gradually
fade. 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. This surface high will then shift east of the Lake Monday.

LOZ062-041500-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
415 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024

.TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 knots or less increasing to 5 to
15 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. A
chance of showers during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
2 feet.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ063>065-041500-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
415 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024

.TODAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves
2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms during the day. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ061-041500-
MAFOR 0409/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11500 14600 11600 12700. Waves 1 foot or less.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 12500 13600 13500. Waves 2 feet or less.

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