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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
443 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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 high pressure ridge will
persist across the S waters tonight through Thu night. A
stationary front will linger along the N and central mid-Atlantic
coast tonight, then retreat NE as a warm front Wed into Wed
night. A low pressure trough will strengthen inland and over the
N and central mid-Atlantic coast Wed and Wed night. A cold front
will approach from the W and NW Thu, then move offshore Thu night
into Fri. The cold front will stall as it moves SE over the
central waters Fri, then dissipate by Fri night as high pressure
builds over the mid-Atlantic and southern waters Sat and Sat
night.

Please see
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2025/
pns25-33_vobra_discontinuation_2025.pdf (all lower case)
for a proposal to discontinue this product.

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 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas
of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft. Tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or
less.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to
15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Tstms and
scattered showers.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.