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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

512 PM EDT THU AUG 18 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 WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER

THE WATERS WILL MOVE SE OF THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD

FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND FRI.

ANOTHER HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE WATERS FROM THE N FRI

NIGHT INTO SUN...THEN WEAKEN LATE SUN AND SUN NIGHT. A SECOND

COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W AND NW SUN INTO SUN

NIGHT...ENTER THE SW WATERS LATE SUN NIGHT...THEN PASS THROUGH

THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MON INTO MON NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL

BUILD OVER THE WATERS MON NIGHT INTO TUE NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT EARLY.

SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.FRI...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

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

.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.MON...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 15 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



.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT

EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

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

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

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

.MON...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 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



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

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

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

.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

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

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

.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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



.FORECASTER BANCROFT. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

