

023 

FZNT24 KWNM 172145

OFFN02



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

545 PM EDT WED AUG 17 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SRN WATERS

TONIGHT INTO THU...THEN WEAKEN THU NIGHT INTO FRI WHILE DRIFTING

S OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE S THROUGH THE NRN WATERS

TONIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT WHILE A WEAK LOW PRES AREA MOVES E ALONG

THE FRONT THROUGH THE NRN WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL

STALL LATE FRI INTO SAT ACROSS THE S CENTRAL WATERS BEFORE

DRIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD

FRONT WILL APROACH FROM THE W AND NW SUN NIGHT...THEN PASS THROUGH

THE WATERS MON INTO AND MON NIGHT.



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.THU...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. TSTMS AND SCATTERED

SHOWERS. 

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

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

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

.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 0 TO 2 FT. 

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

.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



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

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

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

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.THU...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

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

.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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

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

