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FZNT34 KWBC 030838
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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
438 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 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...A weak cold front will move
slowly S over the N portion today into tonight, and stall over
the central waters Tue into Tue night. The front will then slowly
return N Wed into Wed night, and stall over the N area Thu into
Thu night. High pressure will build over the N waters Tue into
Wed, and then weaken while shifting E of the area Wed night.
Another cold front will move into the central and southern waters
Thu night into Fri night.

Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of
39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W

.TODAY...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms.
.TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TODAY...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers.
Chance of tstms.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to
6 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or
less.
.TUE...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.WED...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 20 to 30 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.THU...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W

.TODAY...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers. Scattered tstms.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers. Chance of tstms.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.WED...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W

.TODAY...S winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Chance of showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.WED...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

.Forecaster Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.