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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

426 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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 JUST S OF THE

WATERS WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA TODAY. A WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE

WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL

MOVE SE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRI. ANOTHER HIGH PRES RIDGE

WILL BUILD INTO THE WATERS FROM THE N FRI NIGHT INTO SUN...THEN

WEAKEN LATE SUN AND SUN NIGHT. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH

FROM THE W AND NW SUN NIGHT...THEN PASS THROUGH THE REGION MON

INTO MON NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE WATERS. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT EARLY. SEAS 2

TO 4 FT.

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

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

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

.SAT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

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

.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

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



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

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



.TODAY...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 5

FT.

.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT.

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

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

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

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

.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS SHIFTING TO N TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 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...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S TO SE EARLY.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

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

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

.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

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

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



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

