

747 

FZNT24 KWNM 020854

OFFN02



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

454 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 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 STATIONARY FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER THE NRN WATERS

EARLY TODAY WHILE A PAIR OF LOW CENTERS TRACK E ALONG THE FRONT.

A STRONGER LOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND

PASS E OF THE REGION TONIGHT WHILE PULLING THE FRONT S AS A COLD

FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER

THE CENTRAL AND SRN WATERS WED INTO WED NIGHT...BEFORE WEAK LOW

PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT NEAR CAPE FEAR THU AND THU NIGHT.

THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NE THROUGH THE REGION FRI INTO SAT NIGHT

WHILE PULLING THE COLD FRONT E THROUGH THE AREA. A HIGH PRES

RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE NRN WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT...THEN

WEAKEN FRI INTO SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE OVER THE NW

WATERS SAT NIGHT. 



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 20 KT

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

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

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

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

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

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

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



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



.TODAY...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.WED...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

