Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
935 FZNT34 KWBC 162055 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 455 PM EDT Mon Sep 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...Low pressure about 100 nm NE of Charlestown, SC formerly thought to have the potential to become tropical will track slowly inland through tonight and further inland Tue. Otherwise, a warm front will lift N across the waters tonight through Tue night, and pass N of the area later Wed and Wed night. A cold front will move E over the southern and then the central waters tonight and Tue while stalling over this region Tue night into Wed before again moving E later Wed and Wed night. On Thu and Thu night the slow moving cold front will have several low centers forming along it which will move towards the NE. Another cold front will drift S across the N waters early Fri and Fri night, while a high pressure ridge builds slowly S over inland areas and and N of the waters. Another low pressure is expected to develop along this cold front over the N waters Fri and meander over this region Fri night into Sat, before moving E and SE over the N and central areas Sat and Sat night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .WED...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming NE. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Tstms and scattered showers. .WED...E to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...E to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Tstms and scattered showers. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SAT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Showers and tstms. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.