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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1002 AM EST Sat Feb 21 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 29.7 inch low over Lake Huron will drift to southern
Ontario and weaken to a remnant 29.9 inch trough today. Another 29.8
inch low will move off the Carolina coast tonight, then will deepen
to 28.8 inches as it tracks northeastward off the mid-Atlantic and
New England coastlines Sunday through Monday. A 30.1 inch high is
then forecast to weaken and slide across the Lower Great Lakes on
Tuesday and New England on Wednesday.

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Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Sodus Bay-
1002 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming east.
Snow. Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast 10 to
15 knots. Snow showers early, then a chance of snow showers from
late evening on. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Snow.
Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Snow. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.MONDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest 15 to
20 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves 3 to 6 feet building to 4 to
7 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around
9 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming south 10 to
15 knots. A chance of snow showers. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding
to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west. Snow and
rain showers likely. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 6 feet.

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Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to the Saint Lawrence
River-
1002 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...North winds 10 to 15 knots becoming northeast. A
chance of snow showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. A chance
of snow showers early. A chance of snow showers late. Waves
2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Snow
likely. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Snow
likely. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...North winds 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest. Snow
showers likely. Waves 3 to 6 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast
10 to 15 knots. A chance of snow showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet
subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest
and increasing to 15 to 25 knots. Snow and rain showers likely.
Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 3 to 6 feet.

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MAFOR 2116/
ONTARIO WEST 1/2 12317 11217 12210 11310 11307 11207. Waves 1 to
3 feet.

ONTARIO EAST 1/2 11107 12117 11100 12200 12207. A chance of snow
showers tonight. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon. Waves 2 feet
or less tonight and Sunday morning.

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