

773 

FZNT25 KWNM 021553

OFFN03



NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS

NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

1153 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. 



MURRELLS INLET TO 31N



.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND TSTMS. 

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

SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

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



SOUTH OF 31N



.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 

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

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

.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.SAT...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

