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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
514 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 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...Weak high pressure over the
waters will drift E of the area tonight. Weak low pressure will
lift NE from near the Virginia Capes across the central and
northern waters Thu and Thu night while pulling a cold front
across the area. The front will then continue moving slowly S Fri
through Sun as another low moves SE along the front, before the
front and low pass S of the area Sun night. Another high ridge
will build SE over the northern waters Sat night into Sun night,
then persist into Mon night. Long period southeasterly swells
from Erin will begin to build across the region Mon. For more
information on Tropical Storm Erin, please monitor the latest
forecasts from the National Hurricane Center.

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

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NE.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to
15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Numerous showers and tstms.
.THU...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Numerous showers and tstms.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms.
.THU...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to
15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

.Forecaster Holley. Ocean Prediction Center.