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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
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727 FZNT34 KWBC 110227 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1027 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 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 high pressure ridge will persist over the outer waters into Fri, then shift E of the area Fri night into Sat. A cold front will slowly approach the N and central waters Thu and Thu night, then remain just W of the area along the coast or inland through Mon night while gradually weakening. A low pressure trough will persist off the SE coast tonight into Thu night, then lift N along the coast Fri into Sat. A high pressure ridge will drift W into the outer waters again Sun into Mon. Chesapeake NAVTEX remains 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 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW 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 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming SW. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.