Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
846 FZNT34 KWBC 010842 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 442 AM EDT Wed May 1 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 persist E of the S waters through tonight. A warm front will slowly move E and NE across the N waters today, as weak low pressure tracks NE across the area. The low will push a cold front across the waters today into tonight. A weak area of low pressure will move across the region Thu and Thu night, pulling another cold front across the waters. A weak ridge of high pressure will slowly build towards the area Thu night through Sat night, then move across the area Sun and Sun night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TODAY...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt, then, becoming E to SE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming E. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TODAY...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TODAY...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers, tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms and areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TODAY...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...E to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Achorn. Ocean Prediction Center.