Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
195 FZNT34 KWBC 172024 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 424 PM EDT Mon Jun 17 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 near the northern portion will move NE and E of the region tonight then persist E of the waters into Sat night. A low pressure system or low pressure trough will pass over or just S of the S waters Thu night into Fri night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...S to SW 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. 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, increasing to 10 to 20 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...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. 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 5 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, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 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 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...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 4 to 8 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .Forecaster Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.