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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
422 PM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS
LOW PRES 150 NM SE OF CAPE
HATTERAS WILL TRACK NE INTO THE FAR NE WATERS THIS EVENING WHILE
INTENSIFYING...THEN PASS NE OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SAT. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE W LATE SAT AND SAT NIGHT...MOVE
OFFSHORE SUN...THEN PASS E OF THE AREA MON. A COLD FRONT WILL
THEN PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS MON NIGHT AND TUE. A LOW PRES
CENTER WILL PASS N OF THE AREA WED.
SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.
..GALE WARNING
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS
3 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT OVER SE PORTION TO 8 TO
12 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
SAT
NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT SE PORTION 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.
SAT NIGHT
NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...EXCEPT E PORTION 6 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.
SUN
NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6
FT THROUGHOUT...HIGHEST FAR E.
SUN NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
MON...SW TO S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT
THEN SHIFTING TO W LATE. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT LATE.
TUE...W TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
WED
W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.
..GALE WARNING
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO 40
KT...BECOMING HIGHEST NE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO
12 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 12 TO 20 FT... HIGHEST NE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT
HIGHEST NE. SEAS 5
TO 9 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM TO 9 TO 17 FT LATE...HIGHEST FAR
NE. ISOLATED SHOWERS ENDING.
SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE
HIGHEST
NE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM TO 6 TO 12 FT
LATE...HIGHEST FAR NE.
SUN...NW TO W WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT OVER SW
PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING
TO 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.
SUN NIGHT...WINDS SW 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT SE PORTION 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
MON...S TO SW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT
THEN SHIFTING TO W LATE. SEAS
6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 10 TO 18 FT.
TUE...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 9 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST
FAR NE.
WED...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT
EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM
8 TO 11 FT.
CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.
..GALE WARNING
TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35
KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 12 TO 18
FT...BECOMING HIGHEST NE LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT... EXCEPT E OF 75W TO 7 TO 15 FT
LATE...HIGHEST FAR NE.
SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
HIGHEST FAR
NE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W TO 6 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST FAR
NE.
SUN
WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS LATE. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W TO 4 TO 8 FT LATE... HIGHEST FAR E.
SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
EXCEPT W PORTION
BECOMING SW LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 3 TO 6
FT. .MON...S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...THEN SHIFTING TO NW LATE. SEAS
8 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 11 TO 15 FT.
TUE...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO NW 15 TO 20
KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 7 TO 12 FT... HIGHEST
NE.
WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT
EXCEPT E OF 1000
FM 6 TO 9 FT.
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