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FZNT24 KWNM 251513
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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1113 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026

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 stationary front will persist across the northern
and central portions through most of today, while a series of
weak low pressures develop and track NE along the stalled front.
A broad low pressure will develop along the front later today and
tonight, lifting slowly to the NE Sun into Mon, and pulling the
front E and SE across the remainder of the central and S
portions. High pressure will build E across the waters Mon into
Tue, then shift E Tue night ahead of the next approaching cold
front. The cold front will move slowly offshore Tue night, then
drift across the waters Wed and Wed night.

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

.TODAY...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft. Tstms and scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

.TODAY...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers and
tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.