Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
602 FZNT33 KWBC 082046 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 446 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 into Wed. The front will lift N as a warm front later Wed and 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 today into Sat night. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt, then, becoming 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, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog, showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and isolated 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 4 ft. 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...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt, then, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 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. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .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 to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...S to 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. Chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...S to SW 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 Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.