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open lake forecast for lake ontario
national weather service buffalo ny
343 am edt mon mar 16 2009
for waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on lake ontario
. synopsis ... a 30. 6 inch high centered just east of james bay will
move to the southeast today and settle over the canadian
maritimes and northern new england tonight. a 29. 3 low will cross
james bay tuesday.. then track east across quebec wednesday. a cold
front trailing south of this low is forecast to cross the lake
wednesday. a 30. 5 high following the front will build into the
upper great lakes thursday ... then ridge into the lower lakes
friday.
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lake ontario open waters from the niagara river to the
saint lawrence river-
343 am edt mon mar 16 2009
. today ... northeast winds 10 knots or less. waves 2 feet or less.
. tonight ... northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east 10 knots
or less. waves 2 feet or less.
. tuesday ... variable winds 5 to 10 knots. waves 1 foot or less.
. tuesday night ... southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south
and increasing to 10 to 20 knots. a chance of showers overnight.
waves building to 1 to 3 feet.
. wednesday ... southwest winds 10 to 20 knots becoming west and
diminishing 10 knots or less. rain showers likely. waves 1 to 3
feet.
. thursday ... northwest winds 10 to 20 knots diminishing to around
10 knots. waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
. friday ... northwest winds 5 to 10 knots backing to southwest.
waves 1 to 2 feet.
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mafor 1609/
ontario west 1/2 11100 14200 13100. waves 2 feet or less today.
waves 1 to 2 feet tonight. 220001.
ontario east 1/2 14100 11100 12110 11200. waves 1 foot or less
today. waves 2 feet or less tonight. 220001.
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sfm/tjp