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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1028 AM EDT Sun Apr 28 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 high pressure center over the
central waters this morning, will move S into the southern waters
later this afternoon and tonight then persist through Tue and Tue
night. A warm front will move across the N waters later this
afternoon and tonight. A cold front will push SE across the
northern waters Mon and Mon night then stall across the northern
areas Tue. A weak area of low pressure will move off the New
Jersey coast Tue night and move across the northern waters Wed,
then pass E of the waters Wed night while pushing a cold front
through the central waters Wed night and into the southern waters
Thu and Thu night. Weak high pressure will build into the N and
central waters behind the front Wed night into Thu night.

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

.TODAY...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of
fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to
4 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 15 to 25 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

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

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

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

.TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

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

.TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.