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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1105 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SRN WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT SE
OF THE AREA THU. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW THU...
MOVE OFFSHORE THU NIGHT...THEN PASS SLOWLY E ACROSS THE WATERS
FRI INTO SAT. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE LATE SAT AND
SUN.


SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH
VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN
IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AREAS OF FOG AFTER
MIDNIGHT. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.


FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.

...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED FRI...

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. W OF 1000 FM...SEAS 4 TO
8 FT. E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...W OF 1000 FM...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...SEAS 4 TO 8
FT. E OF 1000 FM...W TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...SEAS 7 TO 13 FT.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. W OF 1000 FM...SEAS 5 TO 10
FT. E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 7 TO 14 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. W OF 1000
FM...SEAS 2 TO 5 FT. E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 5 TO 10 FT.


CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SUN...WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
5 FT.