Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
711 FZNT33 KWBC 050255 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1055 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 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. .SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...High pressure will shift E tonight. A weak cold front will approach the coast tonight, then move slowly across the waters Sat and Sat night. Another high pressure will build offshore Sun, then shift E Sun night. Long period swell from Hurricane Kirk, well SE of the waters, will move into the area Sun and persist into early next week. Low pressure will move offshore near Long Island Mon, then track NE across the area Mon night into Tue while pulling a cold front across the waters. A low pressure trough or secondary cold front will move across the area Tue night into Wed. A weak high pressure ridge will build S of the region later Wed into Wed night. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Georges Bank...from the Northeast Channel to the Great South Channel including waters east of Cape Cod...to the Hague Line .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 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 to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Collins. Ocean Prediction Center.