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FZNT21 KWBC 190741
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
341 AM EDT WED JUN 19 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.

ANZ080-191515-
341 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL
RAPIDLY MOVE NE OVER THE SE PORTION NEAR 1000 FM THIS
MORNING...AND PASS NE OF THE WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT AND THU...AND ESTABLISH
A RIDGE OVER THE AREA THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE MAINE COAST THU NIGHT AND DISSIPATE FRI. THE
HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL DRIFT S OF THE WATERS SAT AND SUN AS ANOTHER
WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE NW.

$$

ANZ081-191515-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE-
341 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
KT...THEN BECOMING N TO NW 5 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

$$

ANZ082-191515-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE-
341 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT SE PORTION S TO SW 10
TO 20 KT EARLY. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. RAIN AND
CHANCE OF TSTMS WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 KT OR LESS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

$$

ANZ083-191515-
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 WED JUN 19 2013

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. HIGHEST
WINDS AND SEAS SE. CHANCE OF RAIN WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS IN THE
MORNING.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
.THU NIGHT AND FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...W OF 70W...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF 70W...S TO SW
WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

$$

.FORECASTER CLARK. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.