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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20

NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000

FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE



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.



ANZ899-182100-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST

ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SRN WATERS TODAY...THEN WEAKEN TONIGHT

INTO FRI NIGHT WHILE DRIFTING S OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT OVER THE

N PORTION WILL DRIFT S TODAY WHILE WEAKENING. WEAK LOW PRES WILL

FORM ALONG THE FRONT EARLY TONIGHT...AND MOVE QUICKLY E OF THE

AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRI WHILE PULLING THE FRONT S INTO THE

CENTRAL WATERS. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL LATE FRI INTO SAT ACROSS

THE CENTRAL WATERS BEFORE DRIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT

INTO SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W LATE

SUN...THEN PASS THROUGH THE WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT.

HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W OF THE AREA MON AND MON NIGHT.



$$



ANZ820-182100-

HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON TO 1000 FM-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W TO SW. SEAS 2

TO 3 FT.

.FRI...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO

2 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT...E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO

2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

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

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7

FT.



$$



ANZ915-182100-

BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 38.5N WEST OF 69W-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SE. SEAS

2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EARLY.

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW. SEAS 2

TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

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

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

.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4

TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ920-182100-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO 69W EAST OF 1000 FM AND SOUTH OF 38.5N TO

250 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT

EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...HIGHEST SE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT...THEN DIMINISHING TO LESS

THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO

3 FT.

.SAT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ905-182100-

EAST OF 69W TO THE HAGUE LINE BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 39N-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO N TO NW 5 TO 15 KT

EARLY...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING

TO 3 TO 4 FT.

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW. SEAS

2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 2 TO 3

FT.

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO

3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS

2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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

.MON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO

5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT...THEN BECOMING N.

SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ910-182100-

EAST OF 69W AND SOUTH OF 39N TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT

EARLY...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING

TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT...THEN BECOMING 5 TO 10

KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SAT...E TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4

FT.

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

.MON...WINDS VEERING TO W TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO

4 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ825-182100-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO W TO NW 5 TO 15 KT.

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.FRI...W TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 1 TO

2 FT.

.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20

KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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

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



$$



ANZ828-182100-

CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2

TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EARLY.

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.FRI...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS

SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT.

SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ925-182100-

BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM

OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.SAT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 2 TO

3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 2

TO 3 FT.

.SUN..VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS 2 TO 3

FT.

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

.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5

FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.



$$



ANZ830-182100-

CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE HATTERAS TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2

TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10

KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

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

.SAT NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.

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

.MON...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT...THEN BECOMING N. SEAS

3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ833-182100-

CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT EARLY...THEN

BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS.

.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W. SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 5

FT.

.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.



$$



ANZ930-182100-

HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



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

SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS

3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.FRI...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

TSTMS.

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

AND TSTMS.

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

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4

FT.

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

.MON...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.



$$



ANZ835-182100-

CAPE FEAR TO 31N TO 1000 FM-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION INCREASING

TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.FRI...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

.FRI NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4

FT.

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

.MON...WINDS VEERING TO NW 10 TO 15 KT...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 5

TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS 2 TO

4 FT.



$$



ANZ935-182100-

CAPE FEAR TO 31N EAST OF 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-

425 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016



.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

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

.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

.MON NIGHT...WINDS VEERING TO N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.



$$



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

