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open lake forecast for lake ontario
national weather service buffalo ny
402 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

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 trough averaging 29.7 inches will move across the lakes this 
evening where it will linger through thursday. a cold front then 
sweeps across the lake thursday night, with a 30.2 inch high 
pressure ridge building in from the upper great lakes on friday, 
settling over the lower great lakes region on saturday. a low 
averaging 29.7 inches is expected to approach the lake sunday. the 
low will move northwest of the lake monday.


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lake ontario open waters from the niagara river to hamlin beach-
402 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

.tonight...southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming northwest.
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms early. some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds early. waves 1 foot or
less. 
.thursday...northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest.
waves 1 foot or less. 
.thursday night...west winds 10 knots or less becoming north.
waves 1 foot or less. 
.friday...north winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. waves
1 foot or less. 
.friday night...northeast winds 10 knots or less. waves 1 foot or
less. 
.saturday...east winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. waves
1 foot or less. 
.sunday...southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. a
chance of showers and thunderstorms. waves 1 foot or less. 
.monday...northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. waves 1 foot or less. 

winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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open lake forecast for lake ontario
national weather service buffalo ny
402 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

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 trough averaging 29.7 inches will move across the lakes this 
evening where it will linger through thursday. a cold front then 
sweeps across the lake thursday night, with a 30.2 inch high 
pressure ridge building in from the upper great lakes on friday, 
settling over the lower great lakes region on saturday. a low 
averaging 29.7 inches is expected to approach the lake sunday. the 
low will move northwest of the lake monday.


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lake ontario open waters from hamlin beach to the saint lawrence
river-
402 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

.tonight...southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms early, then a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. some thunderstorms may produce gusty
winds early. waves 1 foot or less. 
.thursday...northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. waves
1 foot or less. 
.thursday night...west winds 10 knots or less becoming north.
waves 1 foot or less. 
.friday...north winds 10 knots or less. waves 1 foot or less. 
.friday night...north winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast.
waves 1 foot or less. 
.saturday...northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
waves 1 foot or less. 
.sunday...southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. a
chance of showers and thunderstorms. waves 1 foot or less. 
.monday...north winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. waves 1 foot
or less. 

winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

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open lake forecast for lake erie
national weather service cleveland oh
401 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

for waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on lake erie

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 frontal boundary will waver across the ohio valley through
thursday evening with low pressure 29.80 inches moving through
tonight. high pressure 30.20 inches builds into the great lakes
region friday and will drift southeast through saturday evening. a
warm front lifts north across the lake sunday morning followed by
a cold front and low pressure 29.90 inches sunday night. 


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ripley to buffalo ny extending from 5nm off shoreline to us-
canadian border-geneva-on-the-
lake to conneaut oh beyond 5 nm off shoreline to us-
canadian border-
conneaut oh to ripley ny beyond 5 nm off shoreline to us-
canadian border-
401 pm edt wed aug 12 2026

.tonight...southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest.
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms early, then a
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. a slight
chance of showers late. waves 1 foot or less. 
.thursday...north winds 10 knots or less becoming west. a slight
chance of showers early. waves 1 foot or less. 
.thursday night...west winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast.
waves 2 feet or less. 
.friday...northeast winds 10 knots or less. waves 2 feet or less.
.friday night...northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east.
waves 2 feet or less. 
.saturday...east winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. a chance
of showers saturday night. waves 2 feet or less. 
.sunday...southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest.
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day,
then a chance of showers sunday night. waves 1 to 3 feet. 
.monday...north winds 5 to 15 knots. waves 1 to 3 feet. 

winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$