Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
994 FZNT21 KWBC 050253 OFFNT1 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1053 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. 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. ANZ898-060230- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .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. $$ ANZ800-060230- Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ ANZ805-060230- Georges Bank between Cape Cod and 68W north of 1000 FM- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .TONIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .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 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 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 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 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 5 ft. $$ ANZ900-060230- Georges Bank between 68W and the Hague Line- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming SE. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ ANZ810-060230- South of New England between the Great South Channel and Montauk Point to 1000 FM- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 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...E to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. 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. $$ ANZ815-060230- South of Long Island between Montauk Point and Sandy Hook to 1000 FM- 1053 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...E to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ .Forecaster Collins. Ocean Prediction Center.