Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
777 FZNT34 KWBC 061459 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1059 AM EDT Mon May 6 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...High pressure will prevail just E of the waters today into tonight as low pressure and an associated weak cold front appoaches the N waters from the W. The low will begin to strengthen and slide E over the N waters later tonight into Tue, with a trailing cold front reaching the central waters by later Tue as the low moves off to the E of the N waters. The front will stall over the central waters Tue night, and return N as a warm front Wed as another low moves E over southern New England. Weak low pressure will slide E and pass just N of the region Wed night. A stronger low will move E and move from Ohio into Pennsylvania Thu, with a warm front extending E near 40N. The low will track NE and pass N of the waters Thu night into Fri while pulling a strong cold front SE over the region. The cold front will clear E of the waters Fri night as a high pressure ridge develops over the eastern United States. 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 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE THU NIGHT... .TODAY...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...SW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming W to SW 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N to NW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.