Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
680 FZNT34 KWBC 162045 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 445 PM EDT Sun Jun 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. 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 over the S waters will stall and dissipate tonight. High pressure across the N and central areas will persist into Mon, then move E of the region Mon night through Wed night while maintaining a ridge SW over the N and central waters through Thu night. A low pressure trough or low pressure system 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...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE, then, becoming S 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 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 to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE, then, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .MON...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .Forecaster Holley. Ocean Prediction Center.