Massachusetts Marine Weather

Georges Bank

Expires:200805171430;;702863 FZNT21 KWBC 170808 OFFNT1 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC 400 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 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.

- GEORGES BANK...FROM THE NORTHEAST CHANNEL TO THE GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL INCLUDING WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD...TO THE HAGUE LINE 400 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...GALE WARNING...

TODAY: E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT EARLY SHIFTING TO NW AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT...THEN DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE. FOG DIMINISHING.

TONIGHT: W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST SE. ISOLATED SHOWERS.

SUN: W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING SW. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST SE. RAIN DEVELOPING WITH PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST E.

MON: SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE.

TUE: W TO SW WINDS 15 KT SHIFTING TO N AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT...THEN DIMINISHING TO NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST SE.

WED: NW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. $$