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FZNT34 KWBC 292030
OFFN32

Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
430 PM EDT Wed May 29 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 E across the waters tonight into Thu. Another cold front
will move offshore tonight, then slowly move E across the waters
Thu into Fri. High pressure will build to the coast Fri into Sat,
move offshore Sat night and Sun night, then drift SE of the
region Mon and Mon night. Low pressure will develop E of the area
Fri night, remain nearly stationary just E of the waters Sat into
Sun, then slowly move E Sun night through Mon night as another
low moves E across the area.

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

.TONIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance
of rain.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SAT...

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to
13 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to
13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to
10 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
7 to 12 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
6 to 10 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas
6 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 5 to
9 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas
4 to 7 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW,
then, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.MON...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

.Forecaster Kells. Ocean Prediction Center.