Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
648 FZNT33 KWBC 111502 OFFN31 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1102 AM EDT Sat May 11 2024 New England continental shelf and slope waters from 25 nm offshore to the Hague Line, except to 1000 fm south of New England. 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 NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A weak high pressure ridge near coastal Maine will remain over the area today and will shift NE tonight. An area of low pressure centered about 300 nm S of Georges Bank will remain S of the region while moving NE today. The low will move well NE of the area tonight into Sun. Weak high pressure will build in across New England late Sun, then build to the coast Sun night and Mon. The high will shift E of the area Mon night into Tue night ahead of the next approaching cold front. The cold front will move offshore Wed and Wed night as broad low pressure develops and passes just S of the waters. Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line .TODAY...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Georges Bank...from the Northeast Channel to the Great South Channel including waters east of Cape Cod...to the Hague Line .TODAY...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming E. Seas 6 to 10 ft. South of New England...from the Great South Channel to Hudson Canyon including the waters south of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Island...out to 1000 fm .TODAY...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .Forecaster Clark. Ocean Prediction Center.