


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
341 FZNT34 KWBC 241450 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1050 AM EDT Sat May 24 2025 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. .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A weak stationary front will persist over the far southern waters today into Sunday while broad troughing persists across the northern and central waters. The front will lift N as a warm front late Sun, becoming nearly stationary again off of the Carolina coast Sun night into Mon as weak low pressure moves E along the front. With high pressure building over much of the N waters, a cold front will move through the S waters Mon night and Tue as high pressure builds S. The front will become stationary just S of the area early Tue night. The high retreats to the NE late Tue night into Wed night with the front slowly moving back N as a warm front. Please see https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2025/ pns25-33_vobra_discontinuation_2025.pdf (all lower case) for a proposal to discontinue this product. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft, becoming 2 ft or less. Chance of rain. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft, becoming 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Rain likely. .MON...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .MON...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .MON...SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming E 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.