Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
301 FZNT34 KWBC 160827 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 427 AM 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 moving S into the S waters this morning will stall over this region and dissipate later today. High pressure will build SE across the N and central areas today through Mon, then move E of the region Mon night through Wed night while maintaining a ridge SW over the waters through Thu night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 15 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, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 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 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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...E to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 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. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .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 winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...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 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt, then, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 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 7 to 12 ft. .THU...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.