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FZNT25 KWNM 202044

OFFN03



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

444 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 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...WEAK LOW PRES OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE

E ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN TURN N SUN

AS THE FRONT MOVES N AS A WARM FRONT INTO SUN NIGHT. A COLD FRONT

WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW SUN...PASS SE OVER THE WATERS SUN NIGHT

AND MON...THEN DRIFT E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. A

HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD E AND SE OVER THE N PORTION MON NIGHT

THROUGH TUE NIGHT...THEN PERSIST WED AND INTO THU NIGHT. 



MURRELLS INLET TO 31N



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT

EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TUE...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

.THU...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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



SOUTH OF 31N



.TONIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT

EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SUN NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

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

.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

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

