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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
455 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SRN WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT AND WILL SHIFT SE OF THE
AREA LATE THU. LOW PRES MOVING NE...N OF NEW ENGLAND WILL PULL A
COLD FRONT SE TOWARD THE NRN MID ATLC COAST LATE THU AND THU
NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE OVER THE WATERS FRI...THEN
PASS E OF THE AREA EARLY SAT. HIGH PRES WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS
THE REGION SAT AND SUN.


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

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG
WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
WITH POSSIBLE TSTMS AND FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH
VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.FRI...WINDS W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.


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

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.
.FRI...WINDS W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. W OF 1000 FM...SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.SUN...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.


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

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. RAIN.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...WINDS NW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.