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FZUS61 KBUF 180522
GLFLO 

Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1222 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020

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 30.8 inch high over the lower Great Lakes will 
slide across Quebec and New England overnight. An area of low 
pressure will track northeast across the Central Great Lakes and 
then to the east just north of Lake Ontario Saturday into Saturday
night, deepening to 29.4 inches in the process. This low will 
then move east along the Saint Lawrence River Sunday before moving
to the Canadian Maritimes by Monday. High pressure of 30.4 inches
will then drift across the lower Great Lakes Tuesday into 
Wednesday.


LOZ063>065-181015-
Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1222 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

.OVERNIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast
and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 25 knots becoming south to
30 knots. Snow from late morning on. Waves 2 to 4 feet building
to 3 to 6 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 knots becoming west and
increasing to 35 knot gales overnight. Snow and rain. Waves 5 to
9 feet building to 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around
18 feet. 
.SUNDAY...West gales to 35 knots becoming northwest and
diminishing to 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Snow. Waves 11 to
16 feet subsiding to 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around
20 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to
25 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to
3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. 
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to
15 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to
2 to 4 feet. 
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A
chance of snow showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. 

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