FZNT25 KWNM 161610
OFFN03
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1106 AM EST FRI JAN 16 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...HIGH PRES WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN 
FROM THE W THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA 
SAT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT N ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NRN WATERS 
SAT NIGHT AND SUN. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 
THE NEW JERSEY COAST SUN AND MOVE NE WHILE PULLING A COLD FRONT 
SE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SUN AND MON. ANOTHER LOW PRES AREA 
WILL FORM JUST E OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND MOVE NE TUE.
MURRELLS INLET TO 31N...OUT TO 250 NM
...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUN INTO MON... 
.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT 
E OF 1000 FM BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS E 
PORTION. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT W PORTION DIMINISHING TO 
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT E OF 77W 7 TO 11 FT... 
HIGHEST SE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS LATE. 
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 6 TO 9 FT... HIGHEST SE. 
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING SW AND 
INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT LATE. HIGHEST 
WINDS AND SEAS NW. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 
FM TO 14 FT...BECOMING HIGHEST NE. 
.MON...WINDS W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM SW 25 TO 
35 KT EARLY. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 7 TO 12 
FT...HIGHEST NE. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 
TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 7 TO 12 FT.
SYNOPSIS FOR SW N ATLC...S OF 31N
.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO 
22N77W ALONG N CENTRAL CUBA COAST WILL MOVE SE TO 31N61W TO 
EXTREME EAST CUBA TONIGHT AS ANOTHER REINFORCING FRONTAL TROUGH 
MOVES INTO THE W ATLC. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME 
NEARLY STATIONARY AND THEN DIFFUSE ON SAT. A NEXT COLD FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY MON AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W 
TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE MON AND TO 27N65W TO HAITI LATE 
TUE. 
...S OF 31N...OUT TO 65W...
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT AND W OF 77W N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT BUILDING 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL 
TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 
TO 7 FT BUILDING 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL TONIGHT. E OF FRONT S TO 
SW 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED 
TSTMS ALONG FRONT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT DIMINISHING 15 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. SE OF FRONT NE WINDS 15 KT 
BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT SUN. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N AND 
E SWELL. 
.MON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
.TUE...W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.