Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
048 FZNT34 KWBC 060247 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1047 PM EDT Sun May 5 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 ridge across most of the area early tonight will slowly move SE of the N portion later tonight into Mon night, and remain across the S portion into Tue night. A weak warm front extending eastward from near Delaware Bay early tonight will lift N and dissipate later tonight or Mon. A weak cold front will slowly move SE over the N waters Mon night into Tue, then stall over the central waters Tue night. The front will then lift N as a warm front across the central and N waters Wed into Wed night as developing low pressure passes N of the area. Another cold front will move S over the N portion Wed night, and stall Thu and Thu night while another low tracks E along the front. Yet another low will develop over the N portion Fri and Fri night while pulling a cold front across the area. 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 2 to 4 ft. Showers likely and slight chance of tstms. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...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. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds diminishing to 10 to 20 kt, then becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 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. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas building to 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 4 to 7 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...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 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 and FRI...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .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 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.