Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
310 FZNT34 KWBC 161507 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1107 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024 West central North Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters beyond 20 nm to 250 nm offshore, including south of Georges Bank from 1000 fm to 250 nm offshore. Conditions given represent the highest within that period. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms. .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...An area of low pressure just off the New Jersey coast today will drift SE across the N waters tonight into early Fri. The low will gradually weaken and become broad Fri and Sat, then lift NE of the N waters by early Sun morning. Another low pressure area will move to the Carolina coast Sat night, then move offshore over the central and S waters Sun and Sun night. The low will persist over the S waters Mon and Mon night as high pressure builds over the far N waters. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...W winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming E. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Tstms and scattered showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...E to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming E. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Tstms and scattered showers. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt, diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Dawson/Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.