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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1103 AM 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. THE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE SE OVER THE WATERS FRI...THEN PASS E OF THE AREA
EARLY SAT. LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT FRI AND MOVE NE OF
THE AREA LATE FRI. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE E OVER THE AREA SAT.


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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...S TO 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 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS WITH POSSIBLE 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 TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...WINDS N TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.


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

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.FRI...W OF 1000 FM...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
E OF 1000 FM...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 13 FT.
.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. W OF 1000 FM...SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
E OF 1000 FM...SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.


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

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.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 TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...WINDS N TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.