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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1054 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016



NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS FROM 25 NM

OFFSHORE TO THE HAGUE LINE...EXCEPT TO 1000 FM S OF NEW ENGLAND



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.



.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH

FROM THE NW TONIGHT...THEN PASS SE ACROSS THE WATERS THU INTO THU

NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NW FRI AND FRI NIGHT AND

DEVELOP A RIDGE OFFSHORE ACROSS THE NRN WATERS SAT INTO SAT

NIGHT. THE HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL SHIFT N OF THE WATERS SUN INTO

SUN NIGHT...THEN PERSIST MON INTO MON NIGHT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION

EIGHT NEAR 36.7N 70.1W AT 11 PM TONIGHT WAS MOVING EAST TO

NORTHEAST AT 16 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NE TO

NEAR 38.2N 66.9W BY 8 AM THU...THEN STRENGTHEN INTO A POST-

TROPICAL GALE WELL E OF THE AREA NEAR 40.5N 60.5W BY 8 PM THU.

TROPICAL STORM HERMINE NOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO

SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE S SAT NIGHT INTO MON NIGHT AS A POST-

TROPICAL LOW. SEE THE LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES

ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT AND TROPICAL STORM HERMINE. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



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

.THU...W TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT...THEN BECOMING

VARIABLE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.THU NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS BECOMING 3 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7

FT.

.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. 

.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

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



GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH

CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.THU...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS

3 TO 4 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 15

KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN...E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8

TO 13 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 9 FT.

.MON NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.



SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...FROM THE GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL TO HUDSON

CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND

NANTUCKET ISLAND...OUT TO 1000 FM



...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUN...



.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW. SEAS 4 TO

5 FT. 

.THU...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO

4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.THU NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

3 TO 5 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS

BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO

9 TO 16 FT.

.SUN...WINDS BECOMING S TO SE 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 9 TO

17 FT.

.MON...E TO NE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS 8 TO

16 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 30 KT.

SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT.



.FORECASTER VUKITS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

