Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
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475 FZUS52 KMHX 171053 CWFMHX Coastal Waters Forecast for North Carolina National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 From S of Currituck Beach Light to N of Surf City NC out 20 NM, including the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary AMZ100-172315- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .Synopsis for Eastern North Carolina coastal waters... An area of low pressure will continue to shift further inland and away from the coast today. Troughing will remain over the Eastern Seaboard through next week as well keeping unsettled conditions across ENC. $$ AMZ230-172315- Albemarle Sound- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of tstms. Showers, mainly this morning. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .WED...W winds around 5 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming N after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ131-172315- Alligator River- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...SE winds around 5 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Waves flat. A chance of showers in the evening. .WED...W winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW around 5 kt after midnight. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Waves a moderate chop, increasing to choppy after midnight. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ231-172315- Croatan and Roanoke Sounds- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of tstms. Showers likely until late afternoon, then a chance of showers late. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Waves light chop, diminishing to flat after midnight. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .WED...SW winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. .WED NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves flat. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves choppy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves choppy. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ135-172315- Pamlico Sound- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Waves around 2 ft this morning, then 1 ft. A chance of tstms. Showers likely until late afternoon, then a chance of showers late. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers in the evening. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Waves 1 ft or less. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...N winds around 10 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds around 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ136-172315- Pamlico and Pungo Rivers- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. Showers this morning. A chance of tstms until late afternoon. A chance of showers this afternoon. .TONIGHT...S winds around 5 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers in the evening. .WED...W winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt, becoming W after midnight. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .THU...N winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ137-172315- Neuse and Bay Rivers- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 .TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. Showers likely this morning. A chance of tstms until late afternoon. A chance of showers this afternoon. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Waves light chop, diminishing to flat after midnight. .WED...W winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Waves flat. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Waves light chop. .THU...NE winds around 5 kt. Waves flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .FRI...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ150-172315- S of Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: E 7 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of tstms. Showers. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: E 6 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .WED...SW winds around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 8 seconds. .WED NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 8 seconds and NE 2 ft at 8 seconds. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 8 seconds and E 3 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and NE 2 ft at 7 seconds. .FRI...N winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ152-172315- S of Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC out 20 nm- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: E 8 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of tstms. Showers likely until late afternoon, then a chance of showers late. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: E 6 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 9 seconds and NE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 11 seconds and NE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and NE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...N winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of tstms in the morning. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ154-172315- S of Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC out 20 nm including the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: E 8 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of tstms. Showers likely until late afternoon, then a chance of showers late. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: E 6 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 11 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and NE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...N winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...N winds around 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of tstms in the morning. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ156-172315- S of Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout NC out 20 nm- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW this afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft, subsiding to 5 to 6 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: E 7 ft at 10 seconds, becoming E 6 ft at 10 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. Showers likely this morning. A chance of tstms until late afternoon. A chance of showers this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: E 6 ft at 9 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers in the evening. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 11 seconds and SW 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds and NE 1 ft at 3 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds around 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of tstms in the morning. A chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$ AMZ158-172315- S of Cape Lookout to N of Surf City NC out 20 nm- 653 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft this afternoon. Near shore, seas 4 to 6 ft, subsiding to 3 to 4 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: E 7 ft at 10 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of tstms early this morning. A chance of showers this morning, then a slight chance of showers this afternoon. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, except 2 to 4 ft near shore. Wave Detail: E 5 ft at 10 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 2 to 3 ft near shore. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft, except around 2 ft near shore. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop, diminishing to flat after midnight. A slight chance of showers and tstms. .THU...N winds around 5 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft, except around 2 ft near shore. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers flat. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 10 seconds. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the evening. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Adjacent sounds and rivers choppy. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. $$