Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
798 FZNT33 KWBC 060246 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1046 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 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 low pressure trough just inland will persist near the New England coast tonight into Sat. A cold front will approach Sat night, then stall along the coast or just offshore Sun and Sun night before diminishing Mon. A high pressure ridge will build over the region from the SE Mon night into Tue, then weaken Tue night through Wed night as a cold front slowly moves into the region Wed and Wed night. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers, tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Georges Bank...from the Northeast Channel to the Great South Channel including waters east of Cape Cod...to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 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 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 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, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Clark. Ocean Prediction Center.