

049 

FZNT24 KWNM 010908

OFFN02



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

508 AM EDT MON AUG 1 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 NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM W TO E ALONG

40N TODAY...WILL PERSIST TONIGHT INTO TUE WHILE A SERIES OF LOWS

TRACK E ALONG THE FRONT. A STRONGER LOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT

DURING TUE...THEN PASS E OF THE WATERS TUE NIGHT WHILE PULLING

THE FRONT S AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION. THE FRONT

WILL CONTINUE S INTO THE SRN WATERS WED INTO WED NIGHT WHILE HIGH

PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE N. THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME NEARLY

STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN WATERS THU INTO FRI AND WEAKEN...WHILE

A HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NRN WATERS. THE RIDGE WILL THEN

WEAKEN LATE FRI INTO FRI NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES

FROM THE NW. 



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TODAY...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION E TO NE 5 TO

15 KT. WINDS TO 35 KT OR HIGHER IN TSTMS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S PORTION W TO SW.

SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.

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

.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI...WINDS BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



.TODAY...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WINDS TO 35 KT OR HIGHER IN

TSTMS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION BECOMING N TO NE.

SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TUE NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S PORTION W TO SW

EARLY. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

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

.THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION BECOMING N TO

NW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 15 KTS...EXCEPT S PORTION W TO SW. SEAS 3 TO

5 FT.

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

.THU...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

FT.

.FRI NIGHT...SW INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

