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FZNT24 KWNM 181517

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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1117 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SRN WATERS

TODAY...THEN WEAKEN TONIGHT INTO FRI WHILE DRIFTING S OF THE

AREA. A COLD FRONT OVER THE N PORTION WILL DRIFT S TODAY WHILE

WEAKENING. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT LATER

TODAY...AND MOVE QUICKLY E OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRI WHILE

PULLING THE FRONT S INTO THE CENTRAL WATERS. THE FRONT WILL THEN

STALL LATE FRI INTO SAT ACROSS THE S CENTRAL WATERS BEFORE

DRIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER 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.



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 0 TO 2 FT. 

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

.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

.TONIGHT...W 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...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

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

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

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

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



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



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

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

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. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

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

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

