Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
855 FZNT34 KWBC 150232 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1032 PM EDT Fri Jun 14 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. The National Weather Service is accepting public comments until July 29 2024 on a proposal to replace feet with meters when describing seas in a variety of National Marine Center text and graphical products for the Offshore and High Seas Areas only. To learn more please visit the following URL: https://ocean.weather.gov/proposed-meters.php .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...Strengthening low pressure will move slowly NE over the outer waters along a stationary front tonight into Sat, then move NE of the waters late Sat and Sat night. A cold front will move SE across the waters tonight into Sat night, then move S of the area Sun. High pressure will build SE across the N and central waters Sun into Mon, then move to the E of the region Mon night through Wed night while maintaining a ridge over the N portion. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming S 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...S winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Showers and scattered tstms. .SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft, subsiding to 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming W to SW 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...W winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Kells. Ocean Prediction Center.