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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1029 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 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...Weak high pressure ridging will
persist across the waters through Tue night. A cold front will
approach the area from the W tonight, stall along the coast Sun
and Sun night, and then weaken Mon. A weakening low pressure
trough will move W across the S waters Mon night and Tue. The
high pressure ridge will weaken over the N waters as another cold
front slowly moves to the northern Mid-Atlantic coast Wed and Wed
night. High pressure ridging will rebuild westward across the
area Thu and Thu 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...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and chance of tstms.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and
tstms.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT and THU...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight
chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Chance of showers and tstms.
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 2 to
4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT and WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT and THU...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.MON NIGHT and TUE...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.