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FZNT25 KWNM 121627
OFFN03

NAVTEX Marine Forecast for southeast U.S. waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1227 PM EDT Tue Mar 12 2024

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure will gradually build E over the area
today before shifting E of the area tonight, and then
maintaining a ridge extending W across the waters through Fri.
The ridge will shift S of the area Fri night and Sat as a cold
front approaches from the N and NW. The cold front will stall
near Cape Hatteras Sat night.

Murrells Inlet to 31N

.TODAY...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

South of 31N

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.


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