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

W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20
NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000
FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE

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.

ANZ089-182145-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
CENTRAL WATERS WILL DRIFT S AND STALL FROM NEAR HATTERAS CANYON
SE THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NE ACROSS THE WATERS AS A
WARM FRONT TONIGHT INTO MON...THEN PASS NE OF THE WATERS LATE
MON. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL SLOWLY MOVE E OVER THE N PORTION
TONIGHT INTO SUN...THEN SHIFT E OF THE WATERS SUN NIGHT. A HIGH
PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD W INTO THE SRN WATERS LATE MON INTO
WED...WHILE A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRES AREAS PASS N OF THE AREA.

$$

ANZ084-182145-
HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS W OF 39.3N
71.9W...SW TO 37.7N 72.9W-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...S TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF
RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...S TO WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN
WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO
7 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

$$

ANZ094-182145-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO THE HAGUE LINE SOUTH OF 1000 FM-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...W OF 70W...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF 70W...E TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS W.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS W.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF RAIN
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.TUE AND WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.

$$

ANZ085-182145-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON OUT TO 36N 70W TO 34N 71W-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF
RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF
RAIN WITH ISOLATED TSTMS. AREA OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.MON AND TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

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ANZ086-182145-
HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR OUT TO 34N 71W TO 32N 73W-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...THEN W OF 1000 FM BECOMING
SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERSAND TSTMS.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.

$$

ANZ088-182145-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W-
435 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...W OF 1000 FM...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF 1000 FM...
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THEN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...W OF 1000 FM...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF
1000 FM...S TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON AND TUE...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.

$$

.FORECASTER OSZAJCA. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.