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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A STATIONARY FRONT S OF HATTERAS
CANYON WILL SLOWLY LIFT NE ACROSS THE WATERS AS A WARM FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON INTO MON. A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE NE PORTION
WILL DRIFT E THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT E OF THE WATERS
TONIGHT. ANOTHER HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD W INTO THE SRN
WATERS LATE MON INTO WED...WHILE A SERIES OF WEAK LOWS PASS OVER
THE FAR NRN WATERS. ANOTHER LOW PRES AREA MOVING NE THROUGH NEW
ENGLAND WILL PULL A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE NRN MID ATLC COAST
THU.


SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT...BECOMING 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING 4 TO TO 8 FT.


FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY NW.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT... HIGHEST NE.


CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WINDS TO 35 KT
POSSIBLE IN TSTMS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
MAINLY W OF 74W.
.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W OF 74W.
.MON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.