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FZNT22 KWBC 092105
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

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.

ANZ089-100300-
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...LOW PRES NEAR CAPE FEAR WILL
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS NE THROUGH THE WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WED NIGHT...PASSING E OF THE AREA THU. A LOW PRES TROUGH
WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE WATERS THU. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD
E TOWARD THE AREA FRI AND SAT AS LOW PRES PASSES S OF THE
WATERS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WATERS FROM THE W SUN.
$$

ANZ084-100300-
HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS W OF
39.3N 71.9W...SW TO 37.7N 72.9W
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING E TO SE...THEN
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO
9 FT...HIGHEST SE. RAIN WITH A CHANCE FOR SNOW OR SLEET OVER W
PORTION.
.WED...WINDS SHIFTING TO W TO SW 35 TO 45 KT...THEN BECOMING N
TO NW AND INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO
20 FT...HIGHEST E. RAIN WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER W PORTION.
.WED NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION TO 60
KT. WINDS THEN DIMINISHING TO NW 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT
SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 17 FT. SNOW SHOWERS.
.THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 12 FT
LATE...HIGHEST SE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 5 TO 11 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SAT AND SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...
HIGHEST E.
$$

ANZ094-100300-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HAGUE LINE S OF 1000 FM
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...STORM WARNING...
...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED WED NIGHT INTO THU...

.TONIGHT...W OF 70W...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING E
TO SE AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT
BUILDING TO 6 TO 11 FT LATE. E OF 70W...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15
KT... BECOMING E TO SE AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT NE
PART 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS
OF RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT.
.WED...WINDS BECOMING W TO SW 35 TO 50 KT...EXCEPT NE PORTION E
TO SE 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO 18 FT... EXCEPT SW
PART TO 18 TO 27 FT. AREAS OF RAIN.
.WED NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N TO NW 45 TO 55 KT...EXCEPT S AND
SE PORTIONS TO 65 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 30 FT...HIGHEST FAR
S. RAIN SHOWERS. SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING FAR NW PART.
.THU...NW WINDS 40 TO 50 KT...EXCEPT E OF 70W 50 TO 65 KT. WINDS
THEN DIMINISHING TO NW 30 TO 35 KT TOWARDS EVENING. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE. SCATTERED RAIN AND
SNOW SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 9
TO 14 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.SAT AND SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.
$$

ANZ085-100300-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON OUT TO 36N 70W TO 34N 71W
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING...

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 30
KT...THEN SHIFTING TO W TO SW 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT
BUILDING TO 8 TO 14 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING
TO 6 TO 10 FT. AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 40 TO 55 KT INCREASING TO 50 TO 65 KT...
EXCEPT NE PART TO 70 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 17 FT BUILDING TO 19 TO
29 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 11 TO 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING
SNOW SHOWERS OVER W PART.
.WED NIGHT...E OF 1000 FM...W TO NW WINDS 55 TO 70 KT
DIMINISHING TO 40 TO 55 KT LATE. SEAS 24 TO 37 FT SUBSIDING TO
18 TO 32 FT... HIGHEST E. W OF 1000 FM...NW WINDS 45 TO 55 KT
DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 24 FT SUBSIDING TO
10 TO 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT.
.THU...NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 9 TO 12 FT.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 11 TO 17
FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 7 TO 11 FT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM TO 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM TO 5 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000
FM 4 TO 7 FT.
$$

ANZ086-100300-
HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR OUT TO 34N 71W TO 32N 73W
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING W TO SW AND
INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 9 TO 15
FT...HIGHEST E. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.WED...W TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO
18 TO 28 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W TO 10 TO 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS WITH
SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING FAR W PART.
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 40 TO 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 40
KT. SEAS 18 TO 32 FT...HIGHEST NE...EXCEPT W OF 75W 10 TO 18 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THU...NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W TO 7 TO 12 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS E PORTION.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 10 TO 17 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W 5 TO 10 FT.
.FRI...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...THEN SHIFTING TO E
TO NE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT...THEN BECOMING
NW. SEAS BECOMING 6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W 3 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT W OF
75W 3 TO 6 FT.
$$

ANZ088-100300-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING W AND INCREASING
TO 35 TO 50 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 10 TO 17 FT.
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS ENDING OVER W PORTION LATE.
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 24
FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W TO 9 TO 17 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS E PART.
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35
KT LATE. SEAS BECOMING 12 TO 23 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W 5 TO 12 FT.
HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E. ISOLATED SHOWERS E PART.
.THU...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10
TO 18 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W 4 TO 10 FT.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 12
FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W TO 3 TO 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E.
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO E TO NE 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SAT...WINDS BECOMING N TO NW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO
12 FT...HIGHEST E.
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO W 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5
TO 9 FT.
$$

.FORECASTER CLARK. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.