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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1101 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM
THE NW THIS AFTERNOON...MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT...THEN PASS SLOWLY
E ACROSS THE WATERS FRI THROUGH SAT WHILE LOW PRES DEVELOPS N OF
THE AREA. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OFFSHORE SUN
THROUGH MON.


MURRELLS INLET TO 31N...OUT TO 250 NM

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...W OF 1000 FM...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W
TO SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. E OF 1000 FM...S TO SW WINDS
15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...W OF 1000 FM...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. E OF 1000
FM...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT.
.MON...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR SW N ATLC...S OF 31N

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES IN THE WEST-CENTRAL ATLC WILL MAINTAIN
LIGHT TO MODERATE SE WINDS N OF 25N AND MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES
S OF 25N TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW
WATERS FRI AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH SUN. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN
INTO A TROUGH NEAR 65W SUN.


...S OF 31N...OUT TO 65W...

.TODAY...W WINDS 5 KT N OF 29N W OF 79W...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT
ELSEWHERE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.