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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
929 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS FROM 25 NM
OFFSHORE TO THE HAGUE LINE...EXCEPT TO 1000 FM S OF NEW ENGLAND
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.
ANZ080-170230-
929 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE
WATERS WILL WEAKEN AND RECEDE TO THE E THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW TONIGHT...MOVE
OFFSHORE THU AND THU NIGHT...THEN PASS SE OF THE WATERS FRI. A
WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS LATE FRI INTO
SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PASS E OVER THE AREA SUN.
$$
ANZ081-170230-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE-
929 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO SW 5 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM
OR LESS.
.THU...SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
$$
ANZ082-170230-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE-
929 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...NW PORTION...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO
SW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SE PORTION...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT...W TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
$$
ANZ083-170230-
SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...FROM THE GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL TO HUDSON
CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS SOUTH OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET ISLAND...OUT TO 1000 FM-
929 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W TO NW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W TO SW IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...W OF 70W...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. E OF 70W...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
$$
.FORECASTER SCOVIL. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.