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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1015 AM EDT THU MAY 16 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.

ANZ080-162130-
1015 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A COLD FRONT JUST SE OF THE
WATERS WILL MOVE FURTHER SE THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND COLD FRONT
WILL THEN PASS SE OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT INTO FRI. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD E TO THE COAST FRI NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY MOVE E OVER THE
AREA SAT AND SUN. THE HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL SHIFT SE OF THE WATERS
MON AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST.

$$

ANZ081-162130-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE-
1015 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI...NW PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW
IN THE AFTERNOON. SE PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 6 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI NIGHT...NW PORTION...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N
TO NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SE PORTION...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN
10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...NW PORTION...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SE PORTION...S TO
SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

$$

ANZ082-162130-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE-
1015 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...
HIGHEST SE. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS E PORTION EARLY.
.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...NW PORTION...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SE PORTION...N
TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT.
SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.

$$

ANZ083-162130-
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-
1015 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT.

$$

.FORECASTER CLARK. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.