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418 FZUS52 KMHX 031331 CWFMHX Coastal Waters Forecast for North Carolina National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 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 AMZ100-040230- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .Synopsis for Eastern North Carolina coastal waters... High pressure remains off the coast through midweek. A backdoor front will move into the area on Tuesday and stall through Wednesday morning. High pressure then rebuilds offshore later Wednesday with moist southerly flow strengthening through late week ahead of a potent frontal system, which will result in generally unsettled conditions through Thursday. $$ AMZ230-040230- Albemarle Sound- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S late. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers late this morning, then a chance of showers and tstms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .WED...S winds around 5 kt, increasing to around 10 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds around 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ131-040230- Alligator River- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S late. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers late this morning, then a chance of showers and tstms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .WED...S winds around 5 kt, increasing to around 10 kt in the afternoon. Waves flat, increasing to light chop in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds around 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ231-040230- Croatan and Roanoke Sounds- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt late. Waves light chop, increasing to a moderate chop late. A slight chance of showers late this morning and early afternoon. A slight chance of tstms early this afternoon, then a chance of showers and tstms late. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A slight chance of tstms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves light chop, increasing to a moderate chop in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds around 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ135-040230- Pamlico Sound- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft or less, then around 2 ft this afternoon. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves 1 ft or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft in the morning, then 1 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ136-040230- Pamlico and Pungo Rivers- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S late. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers late this morning and early afternoon. A slight chance of tstms early this afternoon, then a chance of showers and tstms late. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Waves light chop. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms, mainly in the evening. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves light chop, diminishing to flat after midnight. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ137-040230- Neuse and Bay Rivers- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers late this morning and early afternoon. A slight chance of tstms early this afternoon, then a chance of showers and tstms late. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Waves a moderate chop, diminishing to light chop after midnight. A slight chance of tstms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Waves light chop. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms, mainly in the evening. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves light chop, increasing to a moderate chop in the afternoon. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ150-040230- S of Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and SE 1 ft at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms after midnight. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and NE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .THU...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ152-040230- S of Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC out 20 nm- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of tstms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. .TUE 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. A slight chance of showers and tstms after midnight. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .THU...SW winds around 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ154-040230- S of Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC out 20 nm including the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers late this morning. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 1 ft at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .THU...SW winds around 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ156-040230- S of Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC out 20 nm- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers late this morning. A slight chance of showers and tstms late. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and E 1 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, increasing to a moderate chop in the afternoon. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers after midnight. .THU...SW winds around 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ158-040230- S of Cape Lookout to N of Surf City NC out 20 nm- 931 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .REST OF TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A slight chance of tstms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, increasing to a moderate chop in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, increasing to a moderate chop in the afternoon. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the morning, then a chance of tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of showers. .THU...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop, diminishing to light chop after midnight. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$