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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
341 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS FROM 25 NM
OFFSHORE TO THE HAGUE LINE...EXCEPT TO 1000 FM S OF NEW ENGLAND

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.

ANZ080-181945-
341 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE
WATERS TODAY THROUGH SUN WILL WILL SHIFT SE OF THE WATERS SUN
NIGHT AND MON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NRN WATERS TUE THEN
BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN WATERS BY WED AND AS A SERIES OF
WEAK LOWS MOVE E ALONG THE FRONT.

$$

ANZ081-181945-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE-
341 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED SHOPWERS W.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5
TO 9 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8
FT.
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW LATE. SEAS 3 TO 6
FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 5 FT.

$$

ANZ082-181945-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE-
341 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...NW PORTION...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SE
PORTION...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SE
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. RAIN AND
PATCHY FOG.
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 9 FT.
.TUE...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

$$

ANZ083-181945-
SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...FROM THE GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL TO HUDSON
CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS SOUTH OF MARTHA`S VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET ISLAND...OUT TO 1000 FM-
341 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SE 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS W.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF RAIN
AND FOG WITH VSBY OCCASIONALLY 1 NM OR LESS.
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF RAIN
AND FOG WITH VSBY OCCASIONALLY 1 NM OR LESS.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.TUE...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

$$

.FORECASTER OSZAJCA. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.