Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
928 FZNT33 KWBC 132028 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 428 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 New England continental shelf and slope waters from 25 nm offshore to the Hague Line, except to 1000 fm south of New England. 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 NEW ENGLAND WATERS...Strong high pressure will persist to the SE of the area tonight, shift SE of the region to near 50W Sun into Mon, then persist through Wed night before drifting back to the W Thu and Thu night. A cold front will move offshore tonight, slowly cross the waters Sun, then move SE of the area Sun night and Mon. A weaker cold front will approach the coast Mon into Mon night, then stall while weakening Tue. A stronger cold front will approach the waters from the W Wed night, then move slowly SE over the area Thu and Thu night. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers, fog and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Georges Bank...from the Northeast Channel to the Great South Channel including waters east of Cape Cod...to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...W winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers, fog and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog, isolated showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. South of New England...from the Great South Channel to Hudson Canyon including the waters south of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Island...out to 1000 fm .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers, fog and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Kells. Ocean Prediction Center.