Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
094 FZNT34 KWBC 050230 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1030 PM EDT Sat May 4 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 stationary front extending SE over the waters from near Cape Lookout, North Carolina early tonight, will slowly dissipate later tonight or early Sun. Otherwise, high pressure will build S and SE over most of the area tonight into Sun, then shift E of the waters Sun night. A weak cold front will approach the coast Mon, 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 weak low pressure passes N of the area. Another cold front will move S over the N portion Wed night, stall Thu, and then lift slowly N as a warm front Thu night. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely and chance of tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...E winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. 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. .TUE...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds diminishing to 5 to 15 kt, then becoming variable. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 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 with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms. .SUN...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers and tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S to SE 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...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.