Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
497 FZNT33 KWBC 090254 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1054 PM EDT Mon Jul 8 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...A weak stationary front will remain near the coast through Wed. The front will lift N into northern New England as a warm front Wed night as low pressure tracks NE over the eastern Great Lakes. A cold front trailing S from the low will approach from the W Thu and Thu night, and then stall and slowly weaken near the coast Fri into Sat. Otherwise, a high pressure ridge will prevail to the SE of the region tonight through Sat night. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog, isolated showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog, isolated showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Georges Bank...from the Northeast Channel to the Great South Channel including waters east of Cape Cod...to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.