


Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
378 FZUS61 KBUF 040201 GLFLO Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1001 PM EDT Tue Jun 3 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 30.2 inch high just off coast of the Mid Atlantic states will continue to move into the Atlantic through Wednesday. A cold front will cross the lower Great Lakes Thursday before stalling across Ohio and Pennsylvania Thursday night. Several weak 29.6 inch waves of low pressure will then ripple east along the stalled front Friday through Saturday, with the final wave moving east across New England Saturday night. Surface high pressure over the Ohio Valley will ridge northward across the eastern Great Lakes Sunday. LOZ062-040900- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- 1001 PM EDT Tue Jun 3 2025 .OVERNIGHT...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves around 1 foot. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. A chance of showers. Waves around 1 foot. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers during the day. Waves around 1 foot. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. A chance of showers Sunday night. Waves 1 foot or less. $$ LOZ063>065-040900- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence River- 1001 PM EDT Tue Jun 3 2025 .OVERNIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves 2 feet or less. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. A chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. A chance of showers. Waves 1 foot or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves 2 feet or less. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ LOZ061-040900- MAFOR 0403/ ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11400 12410 11510 13520 11510. Waves 1 to 2 feet overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Wednesday. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Wednesday evening. ONTARIO EAST 1/2 14410 11410 11500 12400. Waves 1 to 3 feet overnight and Wednesday. Waves 2 feet or less Wednesday evening. $$