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FZNT24 KWNM 032044

OFFN02



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

444 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2016



CONDITIONS GIVEN REPRESENT THE HIGHEST WITHIN THAT PERIOD.



...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE

THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED

COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...



.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING E TO W ACROSS THE SRN

WATERS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES CENTERED NEAR

CAPE LOOKOUT WILL MOVE E OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT...THEN PASS E OF

THE AREA THU AND THU NIGHT AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. A HIGH PRES

RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE NRN WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT...THEN

WEAKEN AND SHIFT E OF THE AREA FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH

THE MID ATLC COAST FRI NIGHT AND SAT...MOVE OFFSHORE INTO THE NW

WATERS SAT NIGHT...CONTINUE SE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SRN WATERS

SUN AND SUN NIGHT...THEN STALL ACROSS THE SRN WATERS MON AND MON

NIGHT. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD SE OVER THE NRN WATERS MON AND

MON NIGHT. 



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 20 KT

EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. TSTMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. 

.THU...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. TSTMS AND

SCATTERED SHOWERS. 

.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.FRI...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.MON...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. TSTMS AND

SCATTERED SHOWERS. 

.THU...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. TSTMS AND

SCATTERED SHOWERS. 

.THU NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. TSTMS AND SCATTERED

SHOWERS. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.MON...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

