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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

436 AM EDT MON AUG 22 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 COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE

WATERS FROM W TO E TODAY AS LOW PRES MOVES NE OVER ERN NEW

ENGLAND AND NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD E TOWARD

THE REGION TONIGHT...SETTLE OVER THE AREA TUE THROUGH THU...AND

THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT S OF THE WATERS THU NIGHT INTO FRI. THE

NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE W AND NW THU

NIGHT INTO FRI...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE FRI NIGHT. 



GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 25 KT

EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. WIDESPREAD RAIN

AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS ENDING. PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS

EARLY.

.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. 

.TUE...N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING

TO 3 TO 5 FT.

.TUE NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO

3 FT.

.WED...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.



GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH

CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE



.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 20 KT EARLY. 

SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BECOMING 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

ISOLATED TSTMS ENDING. PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS EARLY.

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. 

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

.TUE NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING W TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

.WED AND WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 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...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS ENDING.

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

.TUE...N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

.TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. 

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.



.FORECASTER MILLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.

