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FZNT23 KWNM 190938
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR NE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
540 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL RAPIDLY MOVE NE OVER THE SE
PORTION NEAR 1000 FM THIS MORNING...AND PASS NE OF THE WATERS
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WATERS
TONIGHT AND THU...AND ESTABLISH A RIDGE OVER THE AREA THU NIGHT
THROUGH FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MAINE COAST THU
NIGHT AND DISSIPATE FRI. THE HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL DRIFT S OF THE
WATERS SAT AND SUN AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES
FROM THE NW.


EASTPORT MAINE TO CAPE COD...EAST TO THE HAGUE LINE

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
KT...THEN BECOMING N TO NW 5 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.


CAPE COD TO NANTUCKET SHOALS AND GEORGES BANK...EAST TO THE
HAGUE LINE

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT SE PORTION S TO SW
10 TO 20 KT EARLY. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. RAIN
AND CHANCE OF TSTMS WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 KT OR LESS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.


SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...OUT TO 1000 FMS

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 20
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT.
HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SE. CHANCE OF RAIN WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS
IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT AND FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...W OF 70W...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF 70W...S TO SW
WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.




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