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Issued 03:00 AM EDT 18 August 2026

Today Tonight and Wednesday.

Wind northwest 10 knots becoming light early this morning then becoming southwest 10 this afternoon. Wind increasing to southwest 15 near midnight then diminishing to northwest 10 Wednesday morning.

Scattered showers overnight and Wednesday morning with a risk of thunderstorms.

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Issued 03:00 AM EDT 18 August 2026
Today Tonight and Wednesday. Waves 0.5 metres or less building to 0.5 to 1 overnight then subsiding to 0.5 or less near noon Wednesday.

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Issued 03:00 AM EDT 18 August 2026
Thursday Wind light.
Friday Wind light.
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Map of Great Lakes - Lake Erie and Lake Ontario marine weather areas Harrow AAFC Hamilton Munro Int'l Airport CFB Trenton Erieau Toronto City Centre Airport Point Pelee Peterborough Municipal Airport Burlington Lift Bridge Point Petre Cobourg Oshawa Executive Airport South Lake Huron - 45149 Port Colborne Brockville Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport North Bay Airport Greater Sudbury Airport Killarney Sault Ste. Marie Airport Ajax - 45159 North Channel - 45154 Lake Nipissing - 45152 Lake Simcoe - 45151 Windsor Airport Lake St Clair - 45147 South Georgian Bay - 45143 Port Colborne - 45142 Grimsby - 45139 Georgian Bay - 45137 Prince Edward Point - 45135 Port Stanley - 45132 Welland-Pelham Grenadier Island Kingston Airport Collingwood Lagoon City Muskoka Airport Parry Sound Harbour Lake Simcoe Regional Airport Wiarton Airport Western Islands Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport Vineland Station Southeast Shoal St. Catharines / Niagara District Airport Goderich Port Weller Long Point Tobermory
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Issued 12:00 PM EDT 17 May 2026 Forecasts have ended for the season.
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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 3:00 AM EDT 18 August 2026 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 3:00 a.m. EDT today ridge located on a line northeast-southwest
over southern Ontario.
By 3:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday ridge located on a line
northeast-southwest over Pennsylvania.

At 3:00 a.m. EDT today cold front located on a line north-south
over western Lake Superior.
By 3:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday departing trough located on a line
north-south over central Ontario.

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