Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
386 FZNT34 KWBC 032033 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 433 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 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 stationary front across the S waters will linger tonight into Thu before dissipating. High pressure over the N and central waters will drift into the S waters tonight, then shift E of the area Thu and Thu night. The high will maintain a ridge over the central and S waters Fri into Mon night. Chesapeake NAVTEX is reported 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 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming S 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 10 kt, then, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .Forecaster Holley. Ocean Prediction Center.