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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
425 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

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...Low pressure just S of Georges
Bank will remain nearly stationary over the far northern waters
through Fri with a stationary front extending E from the low. The
low will occlude tonight as a second low forms to the NE, E of
Georges Bank. The occluded low will then drift slowly SE across
the Outer Mid- Atlantic Waters Fri night through Sun night. A
weak cold front extending S from the low will slowly move SE
across the central waters tonight through Sat as the low
occludes. A high pressure ridge will gradually build S into the
northern and central waters Mon and Mon night, then extend into
the southern waters Tue and Tue night.

Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of
39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W

.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.FRI...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.MON...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered
showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.FRI...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. Scattered showers
and slight chance of tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 9 to 16 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N to NE 25 to 35 kt.
Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.SUN...N to NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 18 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft.
.MON...NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 12 to 17 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of
showers and slight chance of tstms.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 11 ft.

Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Isolated showers
and tstms.
.FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.

Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W

.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.

.Forecaster Joseph. Ocean Prediction Center.