Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
341 FZNT34 KWBC 040827 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 427 AM EDT Sat May 4 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...A stationary front extending E and SE from the North Carolina coast early this morning will slowly weaken today, and then dissipate tonight. High pressure building S and SE over the waters N of the front today will prevail tonight into Sun. The high will move off to the E of the area Sun night as a weak cold front approaches the coast. The front will remain near the coast Mon, slowly move SE over the N waters Mon night into Tue, then stall over the central waters Tue night. On Wed, the front will begin to lift N as a warm front across the central and then the N waters. The front will likely move just N of the area by Wed night as weak low pressure areas form along the front. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely and slight chance of tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds diminishing to 10 to 20 kt, then becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Slight chance of showers. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas becoming 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms. .SUN...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT and TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to NE, then, becoming E to SE. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE through WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.