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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
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564 FZNT34 KWBC 022116 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 516 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024 West central North Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters beyond 20 nm to 250 nm offshore, including south of Georges Bank from 1000 fm to 250 nm offshore. Conditions given represent the highest within that period. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms. The National Weather Service is accepting public comments until July 29 2024 on a proposal to replace feet with meters when describing seas in a variety of National Marine Center text and graphical products for the Offshore and High Seas Areas only. To learn more please visit the following URL: https://ocean.weather.gov/proposed-meters.php .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A stationary front across the southern waters will persist through Wed, then weaken but linger into Thu before dissipating. High pressure over the N waters will drift S over the central and southern waters tonight into Wed night. The high will shift E of the waters Thu and Thu night. The high will then maintain a ridge over the central and southern waters Fri into Sun night. Chesapeake NAVTEX is reported inoperable. Technicians are aware. We apologize for the inconvenience. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of rain. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming variable 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of rain. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers. .WED...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of rain. .WED NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely and isolated tstms. .WED...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .WED NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .THU...NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Showers likely and isolated tstms. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Showers. .WED NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers. .THU...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Tstms and scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.