Offshore Waters Forecast - Gulf of Maine


    
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
930 PM EST SUN FEB 5 2012
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.
ANZ081-060830-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE
930 PM EST SUN FEB 5 2012

OVERNIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SW TO W AND 
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT BY EARLY MORNING. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT... 
HIGHEST SE.

MON AND MON NIGHT
SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING W TO NW 
AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 
8 FT MON. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SE.

TUE
WINDS BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT 
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 5 FT...HIGHEST SE.

TUE NIGHT
WINDS SHIFTING TO N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 
FT.

WED
WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 1 TO 3 
FT.

THU
WINDS BECOMING SW AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT.

FRI
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT SHIFTING TO NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 3 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST SE.
  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
Generated 0538 UTC, Monday, Feb 06, 2012
Document URL http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn.pl?file=forecasts/marine/offshore/an/anz081.txt



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