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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

440 AM EDT WED AUG 3 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 JUST N OF

THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL BUILD OFFSHORE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE

RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WATERS THU 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 OVER THE WATERS

LATE SAT AND SAT NIGHT...THEN PASS SE OF THE AREA SUN. ANOTHER

RIDGE WILL BUILD E OVER THE REGION SUN NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT

EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...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 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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

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



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

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



.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

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

.THU NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

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

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

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

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 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...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 10 TO 20 KT

EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SAT NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 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. 



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

