High Frequency Voice Broadcast (Mid Atlantic)

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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1100 AM EDT Tue Jun 24 2025

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.

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

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A low pressure trough will pass
across the N portions today into tonight. High pressure will
persist across the S waters today into Wed, shift E of the area
Wed night through Fri night, then expand back to the NW over the
area Sat and Sat night. A cold front will move into the N portion
Wed and Wed night, stall through Fri, then lift back N of the
waters as a warm front Fri night into Sat.  

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

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight
chance of showers and tstms. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or 
less.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to
5 ft. 
.SAT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm

.TODAY...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. 
.WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less. 
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of
fog with vsby 1 nm or less. 
.THU...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to
7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

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

.TODAY...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. 
.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

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

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. 
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance
of showers and tstms. 
.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

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

.TODAY...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight
chance of showers and tstms. 
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.Forecaster Dawson. Ocean Prediction Center.