Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
966 FZNT34 KWBC 180848 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 448 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 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...High pressure centered NE of the waters will continue to drift E of the region today, then persist E of the waters into Sat night. A weak tropical wave will move W into the far S waters Thu night and Fri, then move onshore Fri night. High pressure will then remain in control through Sun night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable, then, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...E winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.