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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
411 AM EST Sun Feb 5 2023

West central North Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters
beyond 20 nm to 250 nm offshore, including south of Georges Bank
from 1000 fm to 250 nm offshore.

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

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.

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...Arctic high pressure will move E
away from the waters today. A stationary front developing near
the coast from Cape Lookout southward will persist today, and
then weaken and dissipate tonight. A cold front will approach
from the NW later today into tonight as developing and rapidly
intensifying low pressure passes just SE and then E of the
southern waters. The cold front will move SE over the area Mon
and Mon night as the rapidly intensifying low passes E of the
waters. All mariners transiting waters especially E of the waters
tonight into Mon night should closely monitor the latest
forecasts, including the North Atlantic high seas forecast, and
plan to execute avoidance routing over those areas mainly E of
the offshore waters. Otherwise, high pressure will build E and SE
over the waters Mon night and Tue. A high pressure ridge will
persist over the central and southern waters Tue night into Wed
night. A weakening cold front will move SE into the northern
waters Wed into Wed night, stall across the northern waters later
Wed night, and then return N as a warm front Thu. A cold front
will move offshore Thu night as the warm front lifts N and NE of
the waters.  

Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of
39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W

.TODAY...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Chance of rain.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 20 to 30 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 
.TUE...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
4 to 8 ft. 
.WED...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 7 ft. 
.THU...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
building to 5 to 9 ft. 

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas
7 to 12 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming S to SW 25 to 35 kt.
Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers. 
.MON...S winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N 30 to 40 kt. Seas 7 to
13 ft. Rain.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Chance of
showers. 
.TUE...N winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming N to NE 15 to 25 kt. Seas
10 to 18 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W 20 to 30 kt. Seas
8 to 15 ft. 
.WED...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt.
Seas building to 8 to 13 ft. 

Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. 
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas
building to 7 to 12 ft. Scattered tstms and chance of showers. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 15 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 20 to 30 kt. Seas
6 to 10 ft. 
.WED...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.THU...SW winds increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas building to 7 to 12 ft. 

Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N to NW 25 to 35 kt.
Seas building to 7 to 11 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. 
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Scattered showers
and tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 12 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 15 to 25 kt. Seas
5 to 9 ft. 
.WED...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to
25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.THU...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 

Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming N to NW 30 to
40 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. 
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 8 ft. 
.WED...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT and THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.