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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

430 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE FAR

SRN WATERS WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT S OF THE REGION TODAY. A COLD

FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW TODAY...THEN MOVE SE

ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SAT WHILE WEAKENING. ANOTHER RIDGE

WILL BUILD SE OVER THE WATERS SAT NIGHT AND SUN...THEN WEAKEN

OVER THE SRN WATERS SUN NIGHT INTO MON NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT

WILL PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS LATE MON AND MON NIGHT...THEN WILL

DISSIPATE TUE. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA

FROM THE NW TUE NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT

EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG EARLY.

VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG

WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 

.SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 

.TUE...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 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 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5

FT.

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SUN...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

.TUE...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

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

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

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

.MON NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 



.FORECASTER CLARK. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

