

774 

FZNT25 KWNM 280836

OFFN03



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

436 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 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 WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS

WILL DISSIPATE EARLY TODAY. LONG PERIOD E TO SE SWELL PRODUCED BY

HURRICANE GASTON WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS TODAY THROUGH THU.

A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD SE OVER THE N WATERS TODAY AND

TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN MON AND MON NIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES WILL

APPROACH THE S WATERS FROM THE E TODAY...MOVE W ACROSS THE AREA

TONIGHT INTO TUE...THEN STALL NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST TUE NIGHT.

THE LOW WILL ACCELERATE NE ACROSS THE N WATERS WED INTO THU. A

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT.

DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL TRACK NE ACROSS THE S WATERS WED NIGHT

INTO THU NIGHT. 



MURRELLS INLET TO 31N



.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS. 

.MON...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

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

.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.WED...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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

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



SOUTH OF 31N



.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS

AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 

.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 

.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 

.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

