Coastal Waters Forecast
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689 FZUS52 KMHX 250152 CWFMHX Coastal Waters Forecast for North Carolina National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 From S of Currituck Beach Light to N of Surf City NC out 20 NM, including the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary AMZ100-251430- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .Synopsis for Eastern North Carolina coastal waters... A surface trough will ride across the piedmont while a series of upper level shortwaves will generate multiple rounds of shower and thunderstorm activity through the weekend. A stronger cold front will move through early next week. $$ AMZ230-251430- Albemarle Sound- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...S winds around 5 kt, becoming N late. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening. Patchy fog late. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the morning, then 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less, then around 2 ft after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ131-251430- Alligator River- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW late. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog late. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves light chop. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ231-251430- Croatan and Roanoke Sounds- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E late. Waves light chop, diminishing to flat late. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog late with vsby 1 to 3 NM. .SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves a moderate chop, increasing to choppy in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt in the evening. Waves choppy. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves light chop, increasing to a moderate chop after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ135-251430- Pamlico Sound- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W late. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming S around 5 kt after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers in the morning. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt in the evening. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the evening, then 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ136-251430- Pamlico and Pungo Rivers- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW late. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening. Patchy fog late. .SAT...N winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ137-251430- Neuse and Bay Rivers- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...NW winds around 5 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Waves choppy, diminishing to a moderate chop after midnight. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves light chop. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ150-251430- S of Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 1 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM late. .SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 1 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and SE 1 ft at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ152-251430- S of Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC out 20 nm- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of tstms late this evening. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM late. .SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the morning. .SAT NIGHT...N winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and E 2 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...NE winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 5 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. .MON...S winds around 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ154-251430- S of Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC out 20 nm including the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of tstms late this evening. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms. .SAT...N winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...N winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. .SUN...E winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ156-251430- S of Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC out 20 nm- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming W late. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds around 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .WED NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, increasing to a moderate chop after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ158-251430- S of Cape Lookout to N of Surf City NC out 20 nm- 952 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 .OVERNIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms late this evening, then a slight chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SUN...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers flat, increasing to light chop in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...S winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds around 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .WED...W winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .WED NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, increasing to a moderate chop after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$