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FZNT34 KWBC 280232
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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1032 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 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
northern waters tonight, will move into the central areas later
tonight and Sun, then over the S waters later Sun and Sun night
and persist through early Wed. A low pressure trough or warm
front will move across the N waters later Sun and Sun night. 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 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

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE 5 to
10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. 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 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
3 to 4 ft.

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of
rain.
.SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
8 ft. Chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Rain.
.MON...W winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
8 ft. Rain.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to
15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft. Chance of rain.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON...W winds 15 to 25 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 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.THU...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to
6 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...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. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.

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

.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 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 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 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 Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.