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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS FROM 25 NM
OFFSHORE TO THE HAGUE LINE...EXCEPT TO 1000 FM S OF NEW ENGLAND
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.
ANZ080-040830-
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
.SYNOPSIS FOR NEW ENGLAND WATERS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT
OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT...BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE WATERS FRI AND
FRI NIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE SAT. A STRONG HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL
PERSIST SE OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL THEN APPROACH FROM THE NW TUE.
$$
ANZ081-040830-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO W TO NW
10 KT OR LESS LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BECOMING 3 TO 6 FT...HIGHEST
E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS FRI.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT FRI. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT...S TO SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST E.
$$
ANZ082-040830-
GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH
CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BECOMING 5 TO
7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT OVER N
PORTION BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 6
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...WINDS BECOMING S TO SE 10 KT OR LESS FRI
NIGHT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT FRI NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.MON...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
$$
ANZ083-040830-
SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...FROM THE GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL TO HUDSON
CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS SOUTH OF MARTHA VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET ISLAND...OUT TO 1000 FM
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT...
EXCEPT OVER FAR NW PORTION BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...THEN BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...WINDS BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT SAT
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO
9 FT.
$$
.FORECASTER VUKITS. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH