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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.