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Offshore Forecast
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756 FZNT34 KWBC 270227 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1027 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 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...A cold front will approach the northern waters later overnight and move slowly SE across the northern and central waters Thu and Thu night before stalling along or E of Cape Hatteras early Fri. The front will then return to the N as a warm front Fri night, lifting N of the area Sat. Another cold front will approach the Mid-Atlantic coast Sun, then move SE into the northern and central waters Sun night into Mon. The front will reach the southern waters on Mon before becoming stationary near or S of Cape Fear. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.