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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1130 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 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
OVERNIGHT INTO MON. A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE NE PORTION WILL
DRIFT E OVERNIGHT INTO SUN...THEN SHIFT E OF THE WATERS SUN
NIGHT. ANOTHER HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD W INTO THE SRN WATERS
LATE MON INTO WED...WHILE A SERIES OF WEAK LOWS PASSES N OF THE
AREA. 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.

.OVERNIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.


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

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE 15 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.


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

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS
AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.