Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
297 FZNT34 KWBC 280257 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1057 PM EDT Thu Jun 27 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 move S over the N waters tonight, with high pressure building over the N waters behind the front. The front will stall Fri off of the mid-Atlantic coast. Little change in these conditions should occur Fri night into Sat. On Sat, high pressure to the N will begin shifting E as the front returns back N as a warm front Sat and Sat night. The warm front should move N of the waters Sun, with high pressure to the S building W over the S waters. A cold front will approach the NW waters late Sun, stalling over the N waters Sun night as low pressure develops along the front. The low then remains over or near the N waters Mon into Tue, while a trailing cold front slowly moves SE over the central and S waters. The low should move E of the NE waters Tue night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SE 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW 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 4 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .Forecaster Clark. Ocean Prediction Center.