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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

421 AM EDT THU AUG 4 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL

PERSIST ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY INTO FRI WHILE WEAKENING...THEN

SHIFT E OF THE AREA LATE FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE

NW FRI NIGHT AND SAT...MOVE SE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SAT AND SAT

NIGHT...THEN PASS SE OF THE AREA SUN. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD E

INTO THE REGION SUN NIGHT...THEN MOVE E OVER THE WATERS MON AND

MON NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT EARLY.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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

.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

.SUN...WINDS VEERING TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

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

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

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



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

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



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

.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.FRI...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

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

.SUN...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

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

.MON NIGHT...WINDS BACKING TO W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SAT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

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

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



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

