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FZUS61 KBUF 021403
GLFLO

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1002 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 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 broad 30.3 inch high will remain in place across the
Great Lakes through Sunday. The high will remain anchored across the
entire Great Lakes region into the start of next week before
settling east across New England by mid-week.

LOZ062-022100-
Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach-
1002 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...West winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming
northwest. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves
1 to 2 feet.

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Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1002 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west.
Waves 1 foot or less building to 1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves
1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west less
than 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...West winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Waves 1 foot
or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Waves
1 foot or less.

$$

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MAFOR 0215/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 11600 13500 12510 12610. Waves 2 feet or less.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11500 11610 15510. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

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