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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1014 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 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 TODAY...BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE

TONIGHT...THEN PERSIST THROUGH SAT NIGHT. A SERIES OF WEAK LOWS

WILL PASS E ALONG THE FRONT TODAY THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT

WILL LIFT N OF THE WATERS AS A WARM FRONT EARLY SUN. LOW PRES

WILL MOVE E AND PULL A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE WATERS SUN NIGHT

THROUGH MON NIGHT. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA

MON...THEN MOVE E ACROSS THE WATERS MON NIGHT AND TUE. A WARM

FRONT WILL MOVE N INTO THE WATERS TUE NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH

VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF

FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

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

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG

WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

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

.SUN NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.TUE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 



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

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



.TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH

VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG

WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

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

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG

WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.MON...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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



.TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

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

.MON...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 



.FORECASTER SCOVIL. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

