FZNT24 KWNM 201514
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1012 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009
...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...INTENSIFYING LOW PRES JUST OFF 
THE SE COAST WILL TRACK NE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
TONIGHT...THEN MOVE WELL NE OF THE AREA WED. A HIGH PRES RIDGE 
WILL BUILD IN FROM THE W LATE WED AND WED NIGHT...THEN PASS SE 
ACROSS THE WATERS THU. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE N 
LATE THU...THEN STALL AND WEAKEN N OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. 
ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS SE ACROSS THE WATERS 
SAT.
SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.
.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S. 
ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EARLY...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT 
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE. SHOWERS ENDING. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST FAR E. 
.WED NIGHT...NW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST 
FAR E. 
.THU...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST FAR 
E. .FRI...SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT EARLY...THEN 
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EARLY...BUILDING 
TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. 
.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT SHIFTING TO NW. SEAS 5 TO 9 
FT...HIGHEST FAR SE.
FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.
...GALE WARNING... 
.THIS AFTERNOON...NW PORTION...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT 
INCREASING TO N TO NW 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 7 
TO 12 FT. SE PORTION...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 TO 
45 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT BUILDING TO 12 TO 20 FT...HIGHEST 
FAR SE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS THROUGHOUT. 
.TONIGHT...WINDS NW 25 TO 35 KT THROUGHOUT...HIGHEST NE LATE. 
SEAS 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 11 TO 18 FT...HIGHEST FAR 
E. SHOWERS E ENDING. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO W TO NW 15 TO 
25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 7 TO 12 FT 
LATE...HIGHEST FAR E. 
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 
E OF 1000 FM 6 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST FAR E. 
.THU...WINDS W TO SW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT... EXCEPT E OF 
1000 FM 5 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST FAR NE. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT E OF 
1000 FM 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NE. 
.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT SHIFTING TO N TO NW LATE. SEAS 
5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT OVER SE PORTION 8 TO 12 FT.
CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.
...GALE WARNING... 
.THIS AFTERNOON...W OF 74W...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 
KT...INCREASING TO N TO NW 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 
FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT E OF 76W 9 TO 14 FT LATE. E 
OF 74W...SW WINDS 25 TO 35 INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT BUILDING TO 13 TO 20 FT...HIGHEST NE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS THROUGHOUT. 
.TONIGHT...WINDS NW 25 TO 35 KT THROUGHOUT...THEN DIMINISHING TO 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 10 TO 18 
FT...HIGHEST FAR NE. SHOWERS E ENDING EARLY. 
.WED...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING HIGHEST E. 
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 6 TO 12 FT LATE... HIGHEST FAR 
NE. 
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 
5 FT...EXCEPT E OF 75W 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST FAR E. 
.THU...W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT... EXCEPT E OF 
75W 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST FAR NE. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...HIGHEST NW. SEAS 5 TO 9 
FT...HIGHEST NE. 
.SAT...W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY...SHIFTING TO N 20 TO 30 
KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.