


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
832 FZUS61 KBUF 061403 GLFLO Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1002 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 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 30.4 inch high will slide southward from eastern Quebec across New England today and tonight before moving east of New England by Friday. This high will drift farther east over the North Atlantic through the weekend, while another 30.3 inch high builds across the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes. LOZ062-062100- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- 1002 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 .THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Haze. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Haze in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. $$ LOZ063>065-062100- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence River- 1002 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 .THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. Haze. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Haze in the evening. Waves 1 foot or less. .THURSDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. $$ LOZ061-062100- MAFOR 0615/ ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11210 12200 12300 13400. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less tonight and Thursday morning. ONTARIO EAST 1/2 12100 11200 12300 13400. Waves 2 feet or less. $$