Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
524 FZNT34 KWBC 282118 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 518 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 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 over the southern waters tonight through Tue night. A warm front will move across the N waters tonight into Mon. A cold front will push SE across the northern waters Mon and Mon night then stall across the northern portions Tue. A weak area of low pressure will move off the New Jersey coast Tue night and move across the northern waters Wed, then pass E of the waters Wed night while pushing a cold front through the central waters Wed night and into the southern waters Thu and Thu night while dissipating. Weak high pressure will build into the N and central waters behind the front Wed night into Thu night, persist over the waters Fri then shift E of the waters Fri night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. Slight chance of tstms. .MON...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers, tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.