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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20

NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000

FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE



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.



ANZ899-190230-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST

ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SRN WATERS TONIGHT INTO THU...THEN WEAKEN

THU NIGHT INTO FRI NIGHT WHILE DRIFTING S OF THE AREA. A COLD

FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE NE WATERS TONIGHT INTO THU.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE OVER THE NW PORTION THU NIGHT

AS A WEAK LOW PRES AREA FORMS ALONG THE FRONT. THE LOW WILL MOVE E

OF THE AREA FRI WHILE PULLING THE FRONT S INTO THE CENTRAL WATERS. 

THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL LATE FRI INTO SAT ACROSS THE CENTRAL

WATERS BEFORE DRIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO SUN NIGHT.

A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W LATE SUN...THEN PASS

THROUGH THE WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL

BUILD W OF THE AREA MON AND MON NIGHT.



$$



ANZ820-190230-

HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON TO 1000 FM-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO

2 FT.

.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ915-190230-

BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 38.5N WEST OF 69W-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



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

FT.

.THU...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT OR LESS...BECOMING E TO SE. SEAS 2

TO 3 FT.

.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...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...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO

4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3

TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ920-190230-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO 69W EAST OF 1000 FM AND SOUTH OF 38.5N TO

250 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION BECOMING

VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION VARIABLE 5 TO

10 KT EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO

6 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ905-190230-

EAST OF 69W TO THE HAGUE LINE BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 39N-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NW 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 6 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.

.THU...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO

6 FT.

.THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4

FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4

FT.

.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4

FT.

.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 20

KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ910-190230-

EAST OF 69W AND SOUTH OF 39N TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 5 TO

15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO

25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO

6 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.



$$



ANZ825-190230-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3

TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 5 KT OR LESS...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO 3

FT.

.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT OR LESS...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.MON...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ828-190230-

CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS

2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT OR LESS. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

1 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

1 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.MON...WINDS VEERING TO N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ925-190230-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM

OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5

FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.SAT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4

FT.

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 6

FT.



$$



ANZ830-190230-

CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE HATTERAS TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

TSTMS.

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

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

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

3 TO 5 FT.

.MON...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ833-190230-

CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.THU...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

TSTMS.

.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO

5 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.

.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO

5 FT.

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



$$



ANZ930-190230-

HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

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

AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5

FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.SAT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO

4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NW 5 TO 15 KT...THEN BECOMING N

10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ835-190230-

CAPE FEAR TO 31N TO 1000 FM-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO

3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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

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

.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

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

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

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



$$



ANZ935-190230-

CAPE FEAR TO 31N EAST OF 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-

1025 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016



.TONIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

2 TO 3 FT.

.FRI...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO

4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS

2 TO 4 FT.



$$



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

