Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
811 FZNT34 KWBC 051451 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1051 AM EDT Sun May 5 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...High pressure will persist across the region today, shift E of the waters tonight, then move SE Mon through Tue night while maintaining a ridge across the S portion. A weak cold front will slowly move SE over the N waters Mon night into Tue, then stall over the central waters Tue night. The front will then lift N as a warm front across the central and N waters Wed into Wed night as developing low pressure passes N of the area. Another cold front will move S over the N portion Wed night, stall Thu, and then lift slowly N as a warm front Thu night while another low tracks E along the front. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely and slight chance of tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E to SE 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Kells. Ocean Prediction Center.