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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
500 AM EDT WED MAY 22 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SRN WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT SE
OF THE AREA THU. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW THU...
MOVE OFFSHORE THU NIGHT...THEN PASS SLOWLY E ACROSS THE WATERS
FRI INTO SAT. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD OFFSHORE LATE
SAT INTO SUN.

SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY...SHIFTING TO W TO NW 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.

...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED FRI...

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR NW
PORTION DIMINISHING TO SW 15 TO 25 KT LATE. W OF 1000 FM...SEAS
5 TO 8 FT. E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM W TO SW
15 TO 25 KT EARLY. WINDS THEN BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT
THROUGHOUT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 8 TO 13 FT
EARLY... SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 9 FT LATE...HIGHEST NE.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST NE.
.SUN...WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
5 FT...HIGHEST E.

CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...HIGHEST W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...HIGHEST W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...WINDS W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SAT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SEAS 3 TO 5
FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 5 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SUN...WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
5 FT...HIGHEST E.