NAVTEX Marine Forecast (Portsmouth, VA)

FZNT24 KWNM 140933
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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
433 AM EST Wed Jan 14 2026

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front will move E across the waters today.
This front will move E of the area tonight, but immediately be
followed by a stronger cold front moving E across the area late
tonight and Thu. A wave of low pressure will develop along the
front late Thu, then lift NE along the front away from the area
Thu night. High pressure will move quickly E across the waters
Fri, then shift E of the region Fri night. A warm front will move
E offshore into the northern waters Fri night, then become
stationary oriented from SW to NE across the waters Sat and Sat
night. Complex low pressure will develop along the front Sun over
the central waters, then lift NE to the Outer Mid-Atlantic Waters
Sun night. 

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.THU...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...W winds 35 to 45 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. 
.FRI...W winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.THU...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Isolated
showers. 
.THU NIGHT...W winds 35 to 45 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Isolated
showers. 
.FRI...W to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. 

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms. 
.THU...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Scattered showers.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
Isolated showers. 
.FRI...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.