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NWS Forecast

FZNT25 KWNM 140243
OFFN03

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
939 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012

...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
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
W AND PASS ACROSS THE SRN WATERS OVERNIGHT...THEN MOVE E OF THE
AREA TUE. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES WILL TRACK NE ACROSS THE
WATERS TUE NIGHT AND WED...WHILE PULLING A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS
THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE S WATERS WED NIGHT
THEN LIFT NE ACROSS THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT THU. A WEAK HIGH
PRES RIDGE WILL THEN PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS THU. DEVELOPING
LOW PRES JUST N OF THE AREA WILL PULL A COLD FRONT E ACROSS THE
REGION FRI. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION SAT.

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

OVERNIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING SW 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 6 TO 12 FT SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 8 FT LATE.

TUE
SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT THROUGHOUT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

TUE NIGHT
SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 3
TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

WED
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT. SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ENDING.

WED NIGHT
WINDS S 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

THU
S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS
AND SEAS W.

FRI
SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...THEN BECOMING W TO NW AND
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SAT
NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO NE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

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

SYNOPSIS
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT JUST
SE OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
SETTING UP OVER THE NW WATERS TUE. A FRONT WILL CLIP WATERS N OF
30N TUE AND WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PART
FRI AFTERNOON AND LIE FROM 31N75W TO 28N81W SAT.

S OF 31N
OUT TO 65W...

TONIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT N OF 29N. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF
78W.

TUE AND TUE NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL. 

WED AND WED NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT LATE WED AND WED NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

THU
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

FRI
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING W TO NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.

SAT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.