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FZNT24 KWNM 021552

OFFN02



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1152 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 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 STATIONARY FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER THE NRN WATERS

TODAY...WHILE A PAIR OF LOW PRES CENTERS TRACK E ALONG THE FRONT.

A STRONGER LOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...PASS E

OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE OFF TO THE NE TONIGHT. THE

LOW WILL PULL A COLD FRONT S ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS THIS

EVENING INTO WED...WITH THE FRONT STALLING OVER THE SRN WATERS

LATE WED AND WED NIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT

NEAR CAPE FEAR LATE THU AND THU NIGHT...THEN PASS NE ACROSS THE

AREA FRI INTO SAT NIGHT AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. A HIGH PRES

RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE NRN WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT...THEN

WEAKEN AND SHIFT E OF THE AREA FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL

APPROACH THE MID ATLC COAST LATE SAT...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE INTO

THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT. 



SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N



.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

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

.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 



37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS



.TODAY...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 



CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET



.TODAY...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.WED...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. 

.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

