NWS Forecast

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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
411 AM EST SAT NOV 22 2008

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS
STRONG LOW PRES NEAR ERN NOVA
SCOTIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NE LATER TODAY INTO
SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE W LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...DRIFT OFFSHORE SUN AND SUN NIGHT...THEN PASS E OF THE
AREA MON. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS MON NIGHT
AND TUE. HIGH PRES WILL THEN SLOWLY BUILD IN FROM THE W WED.

MURRELLS INLET TO 31N...OUT TO 250 NM

GALE WARNING


TODAY
N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
20 KT LATE...HIGHEST E. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 10
TO 16 FT EARLY...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 7
TO 13 FT LATE...HIGHEST FAR E.

TONIGHT
WINDS N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT E
OF 1000 FM 5 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.

SUN
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM
DIMINISHING TO 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000
FM 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.

SUN NIGHT
WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS THROUGHOUT. SEAS 1 TO
3 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 3 TO 6 FT... HIGHEST FAR E.

MON
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS EARLY...BECOMING S TO SW AND
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR NW PORTION TO 35 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT LATE...HIGHEST NW.

TUE
S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO NW 15 TO
25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT EARLY...THEN SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7
FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 7 TO 10 FT LATE...HIGHEST E.

WED
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000
FM 5 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST FAR E.

SYNOPSIS FOR SW N ATLC...S OF 31N

SYNOPSIS
COLD FRONT FROM 31N66W TO 26N7OW TO STRAITS OF
FLORIDA WILL EXTEND FROM 23N65W TO CUBA NEAR 21N76W EARLY
SUNDAY... THROUGH 20N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR
19N69W...BECOMING DIFFUSE AS IT MOVES SE OF THE AREA DURING THE
REST OF SUN AND INTO MON. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD E BEHIND
THE FRONT N OF THE AREA. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S.
COAST EARLY TUE AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 28N80W TUE AND
WEAKENS FROM 31N68W TO S FLORIDA WED.

S OF 31N
OUT TO 65W...

TODAY THROUGH SUN
NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT NW WATERS. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT. E OF
FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.

SUN NIGHT AND MON
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING SE TO S
MON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

TUE
W OF SECOND FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11
FT. N OF 29N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT....EXCEPT 20
TO 25 KT WITHIN 150 NM OF FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF 29N E OF
FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

WED
W OF FRONT NW 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. E OF
FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.