Dunkirk to Buffalo NY

LEZ041 · Nearshore Marine Forecast, National Weather Service Buffalo NY · issued Sun, Oct 4, 10:03 AM EDT

This afternoon: South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.

Dunkirk to Buffalo NY on the map

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Now

The nearest stations reporting each, as of Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM EDT.

Wind: W 16 kt, gusts 17 kt at 45142
Waves: 2.3 ft at 3 s at 45142
Water: 65°F at 45142

Alerts in force

No marine warning or advisory is in force for this zone.

The forecast

Nearshore Marine Forecast from National Weather Service Buffalo NY, issued Sun, Oct 4, 10:03 AM EDT, valid until Sun, Oct 4, 5:00 PM EDT. Wind in knots, seas in feet.

This afternoon: South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.
Tonight: Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest. Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Monday: Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.
Monday night: Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 5 to 15 knots. Mainly clear. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less.
Tuesday: Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming south and increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less building to 1 to 3 feet.
Wednesday: Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west and diminishing to 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet.
Thursday: West winds 5 to 15 knots. Mainly clear, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

Buoys and stations nearby

The latest report from each station within reach of the zone, nearest first. Distances in nautical miles from the middle of the zone.

Station	Distance	Wind	Waves	Water	Air	Pressure	Reported
45142 Port Colborne	8 nm	W 16 kt, gusts 17	2.3 ft at 3 s	65°F	64°F	1017.9 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM EDT
4403586 Buffalo Buoy	14 nm	WSW 10 kt		64°F	64°F	1018.1 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 1:30 PM EDT
DBLN6 Dunkirk, NY	15 nm	W 14 kt, gusts 18			64°F	1018.3 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM EDT
45220 Dunkirk Buoy	15 nm	WNW 16 kt	1.6 ft from WNW		64°F	1019.7 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 2:30 PM EDT
BUFN6 9063020 - Buffalo, NY	16 nm	WSW 15 kt, gusts 19		63°F	64°F	1017.6 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 2:54 PM EDT
BARN6 Barcelona Harbor, NY	29 nm	WSW 14 kt, gusts 17			64°F	1023.0 hPa	Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM EDT

The past year

Warnings, watches and advisories the National Weather Service issued for this zone over the past 12 months, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet’s archive.

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What this means

Marine forecasts give wind in knots (1 knot is 1.15 mph) and seas in feet, except the high seas forecasts, which give seas in meters. Seas are the significant wave height, the average of the highest third of the waves; individual waves may be more than twice that. On the Great Lakes the forecast gives waves, not seas. "Wave Detail" splits the seas into the wind waves and each swell, with its direction and period.

Each coastal office writes a Coastal Waters Forecast for the bays, sounds and ocean out to 20 to 60 nautical miles, or on the Great Lakes a Nearshore Marine Forecast within 5 nautical miles of shore; the Open Lakes Forecast covers the rest of each lake. The Ocean Prediction Center and the National Hurricane Center write the Offshore Waters Forecasts out to about 250 nautical miles, and the High Seas Forecasts beyond. Forecasts are issued at least twice a day and updated when they go wrong.

Small Craft Advisory: Winds or conditions hazardous to small boats. The thresholds are set by each NWS region: typically sustained winds or frequent gusts of 20 to 25 knots up to 33 knots, and seas of 5 to 7 feet or more.
Gale Warning: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 34 to 47 knots, not from a tropical cyclone.
Storm Warning: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 48 to 63 knots, not from a tropical cyclone.
Hurricane Force Wind Warning: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 64 knots or more, not from a tropical cyclone.
Special Marine Warning: A thunderstorm or squall over the water with winds or gusts of 34 knots or more, hail of 3/4 inch or more, or a waterspout, for up to two hours.
Hazardous Seas Warning: Wave heights or steepness at or above the office’s warning threshold, when the wind alone does not warrant a warning.
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning: Spray freezing on a vessel at 2 cm (3/4 inch) an hour or more.
Tropical Storm and Hurricane Warnings: Tropical storm (34 to 63 knots) or hurricane (64 knots or more) conditions expected within 36 hours. Watches: possible within 48 hours.

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Sources

Nearshore Marine Forecast NSHBUF from National Weather Service Buffalo NY, issued Sun, Oct 4, 10:03 AM EDT. Original at NWS. Buoy reports from the National Data Buoy Center. Past products from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Zone outlines from the NWS marine and offshore zone boundaries. Warnings and advisories from the NWS API, read 19:44 UTC. All public domain, from the National Weather Service.