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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1052 PM EDT SAT JUN 15 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 MOVE E
ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...THEN SHIFT E OF
THE AREA EARLY TUE. LOW PRES WILL PASS N OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT
INTO MON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE MID ATLC COAST LATE MON
NIGHT...PASS E OVER THE NRN WATERS TUE...THEN STALL ACROSS THE
NRN WATERS LATE TUE. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE MID ATLC
COAST LATE TUE...PASS E OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS WED...THEN MOVE
OFF TO THE NE LATE WED INTO THU. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD SE
OVER THE AREA LATE WED AND THU.


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

.OVERNIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS. PATCHY FOG.
.MON...W TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG.
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...SHIFTING WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.


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

.OVERNIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.WED...SHIFTING WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.THU...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.


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

.OVERNIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...WINDS E TO SE 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.