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FZNT21 KWBC 140751
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
351 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 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.

ANZ080-142000-
351 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...LOW PRES SE OF THE WATERS WILL
LIFT NE TOWARDS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TODAY. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
E INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN MOVE OFF TO THE SE WED. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE WATERS WED NIGHT INTO THU
FOLLOWED BY A SECOND COLD FRONT LATE THU INTO FRI. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD E INTO THE WATERS LATE FRI THEN MOVE E OVER THE AREA SAT.

$$

ANZ081-142000-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE-
351 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT IN
THE MORNING...THEN...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4
FT.

$$

ANZ082-142000-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE-
351 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. WIDESPREAD RAIN EARLY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.WED...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT.
.THU...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.
.FRI...WINDS BECOMING W TO NW AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5
FT.

$$

ANZ083-142000-
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-
351 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT. CHANCE OF
TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 4
TO 8 FT.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10
KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

$$

.FORECASTER ROWLAND. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.