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FZNT24 KWNM 182053
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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
453 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front near the central waters will stall and
weaken tonight into Sat. The front will return N as a warm front
late Sat, then clear well N of the waters Sat night. High
pressure will persist across the S portions tonight into Sat, and
then will shift S and weaken Sat night into Sun. Another cold
front will approach from the NW Sun, move over the N waters later
Sun into Sun night, and then move across the central portions
Mon. The cold front will then stall across the S waters Mon night
into Wed night, while another high pressure builds SE across the
N and central waters.

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.