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 Atlantic Offshore

 

NOTE: If you are interested in printing the marine weather charts listed on this page a TIFF viewer is required to have a white background.   Also, the black & white GIF images are available for printing, but they are not ideally sized for printing the complete chart. The GIF marine weather charts are colored and have a black background.

Time delay of analysis products:  Graphic analysis/forecast charts  broadcast by radio facsimile are available by the  Atlantic radio facsimile broadcast time and are usually available 30 minutes prior to broadcast.  

Transmission Times for the Offshore Forecasts.

 

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  NOTE: The terms Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Zulu (Z) are equivalent.

 

Marine Weather Discussion

Description of Marine Weather Discussion (MWD)  & the Glossary of Abbreviations used in the MWD

Marine Weather Discussion (30N - 50N W of 50W) |  Alternate version with help for abbreviations - Last updated: 00:32Z, 16 May 2008

Offshore Text Forecasts

Description of Offshore Waters Text Forecast
Map of Coastal & Offshore

Offshore Waters Forecast (New England continental shelf and slope waters from 25 NM offshore to the Hague line...except to one thousand fathoms S of New England) Last updated: 02:15Z, 16 May 2008

Offshore Waters Forecast (W Central N Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters beyond 20 NM offshore to 250 NM offshore...including S of Georges Bank from one thousand fathoms to 50 nm beyond the exclusive economic zone) Last updated: 02:31Z, 16 May 2008

Coastal & Offshore Forecasts (additional forecasts)

NAVTEX Coastal & Offshore Text Forecasts

Description of NAVTEX Text Forecast

Coastal & Offshore Waters Forecast (Eastport, Maine to Sandy Hook, New Jersey) Last updated: 03:21Z, 16 May 2008

 Coastal & Offshore Waters Forecast (Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) Last updated: 03:22Z, 16 May 2008

Coastal & Offshore Waters Forecast (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina to Flagler Beach, Florida) Last updated: 03:21Z, 16 May 2008

 

Offshore Graphic Products

 

Latest Atlantic offshore & adjacent waters sea state analysis (feet)--Offshore

Last Update: 01:15Z, 16 May 2008

 

Description of Offshore & Adjacent Waters Wind/Wave Analysis

 

Offshore & Adjacent Waters Wind/Wave Analysis (feet)
Time (~65KB)  observations (~300KB) observations /infrared satellite (~300KB)   observations /visible satellite Last Update
00Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF TIF|GIF 01:13Z, 16 May 2008
03Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF   03:52Z, 15 May 2008
06Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF   07:19Z, 15 May 2008
09Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF   10:01Z, 15 May 2008
12Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF TIF|GIF 13:21Z, 15 May 2008
15Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF TIF|GIF 15:42Z, 15 May 2008
18Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF TIF|GIF 19:32Z, 15 May 2008
21Z TIF|GIF|B/WGIF TIF|GIF TIF|GIF 22:42Z, 15 May 2008

 

Forecast charts from 00Z model run
Time from 00Z 500 mb Surface Analysis  

Wind&Wave

 

24 hour forecast (description)

Offshore & Adjacent ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:04:36Z, 15 May 2008

(description)

Offshore & Adjacent ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated: 04:22Z, 15 May 2008

(description)

Offshore & Adjacent Areas  ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:05:43Z, 15 May 2008

36 hour forecast (description)

Offshore & Adjacent ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:04:27Z, 15 May 2008

   

 

 

Forecast charts from 12Z model run
Time from 12Z 500 mb Surface Analysis  

Wind&Wave

 

24 hour forecast (description)

Offshore & Adjacent Areas ( 28N- 52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:

04:36Z, 15 May 2008

(description)

Offshore & Adjacent Areas   ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:

04:22Z, 15 May 2008

(description)

Offshore & Adjacent Areas   ( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:

05:43Z, 15 May 2008

36 hour forecast (description)

Offshore & Adjacent Areas( 28N-52N, 45W-85W)

TIF|GIF|B/W GIF

Last updated:

04:27Z, 15 May 2008

   

 

 

 


 






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