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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1056 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

West central North Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters
beyond 20 nm to 250 nm offshore, including south of Georges Bank
from 1000 fm to 250 nm offshore.

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

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.

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

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A weak cold front will move S
across the N waters tonight, stall over the central portions
later tonight into Thu, then dissipate Thu night. High pressure
will build over the waters later Thu night, shift to the S
portions Fri and Fri night, then dissipate Sat. Another cold
front will move into the N waters Thu night, then move slowly
across the remainder of the area Fri through Sat. Behind the cold
front, a high pressure ridge will build S across the waters Fri
night through Sun, and then will shift E of the area Sun night
into Mon. Another weak cold front will move to the coast Sun
night, then move offshore Mon and Mon night.

Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of
39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W

.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of
fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to
20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to SE 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
4 to 8 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Scattered showers, tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm
or less.
.THU...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers, tstms and areas of fog with vsby
1 nm or less.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W

.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W

.TONIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.Forecaster Achorn. Ocean Prediction Center.