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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1045 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 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.

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A cold front will drift S over
the central and S waters today into tonight, and stall across the
S waters Wed. A weak low will move E along the front Wed, and
quickly move E of the area while pulling the cold front S of the
area Wed night into Fri. High pressure will build E over the N
portion today into Fri, then shift E of the region Fri night into
Sat night while maintaining a ridge across the waters. Tropical
Storm Ernesto will track N to the SE of the area Fri night while
strengthening to a hurricane, then turn NE Sat and Sat night. See
the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center on
Tropical Storm Ernesto. Chesapeake NAVTEX continues to be
reported inoperable.

Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of
39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.WED...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NE.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to
15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to
12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

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

.TODAY...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.WED...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SAT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

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

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.WED...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms.
.THU...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

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

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.WED...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms.
.THU...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

.Forecaster Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.