NAVTEX Marine Forecast (Portsmouth, VA)

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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
458 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

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 S and E into the NW waters
late this evening, continue moving E across the northern and
central waters later tonight, and will reach the southern waters
Sun morning. The front will clear E of the N and central waters
Sun, and the S waters Sun night, except over the far SW portions
near the Georgia coast where the front may linger into Mon. High
pressure will build E across the waters Sun night through Mon
night, then move just E of the region Tue and Tue night while
maintaining a ridge over the central and S waters through Wed. A
cold front will move SE across the northern waters Wed, become
stationary over the central waters Wed night, and then will
slowly lift N as a warm front Thu and Thu night. 

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 
.WED...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms. 
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. 
.WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms. 
.SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Chance of showers
and tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.