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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

426 AM EDT WED AUG 17 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 WARM FRONT OVER THE ERN

WATERS WILL LIFT NE OF THE REGION EARLY TODAY. INLAND LOW PRES

OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL TRACK E AND PASS THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE

TODAY INTO TONIGHT WHILE PULLING A COLD FRONT SE THROUGH THE

WATERS. A WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE REGION

LATE TONIGHT AND THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE

AREA THU NIGHT AND FRI...THEN CONTINUE DRIFTING S OF THE REGION

FRI NIGHT INTO SUN WHILE WEAKENING. ANOTHER HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL

BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE N SAT INTO SAT NIGHT...AND PERSIST

OVER THE REGION SUN AND SUN NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

.TONIGHT...WINDS DIMINISHING TO N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING

TO 3 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

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

.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.FRI...WINDS DIMINISHING TO N 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT...WINDS INCREASING TO S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 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...W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

.TONIGHT...WINDS DIMINISHING TO N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

.THU...WINDS BACKING TO S TO SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO

5 FT.

.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT.

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

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

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

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

.SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...W WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO

6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

.THU NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

.FRI...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

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

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



.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

