FZNT22 KWBC 100809 OFFNT2 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20 NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000 FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE. 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. ANZ089-101500- 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRES WILL MOVE N ACROSS THE MID ATLC WATERS TODAY...THEN TRACK E ACROSS THE NRN WATERS TONIGHT INTO EARLY THU. A SERIES OF LOW PRES TROUGHS WILL PASS SE ACROSS THE NE WATERS THU INTO SUN. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD E TOWARD THE COAST FRI...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE LATE SAT INTO SUN. DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL PASS JUST SE OF THE AREA LATE FRI INTO SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E AND APPROACH THE SE COAST LATE SUN. $$ ANZ084-101500- HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS W OF 39.3N 71.9W...SW TO 37.7N 72.9W 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...STORM WARNING... .TODAY...SHIFTING WINDS 30 TO 40 KT BECOMING N TO NW AND INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT BUILDING TO 12 TO 20 FT...HIGHEST SE. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION TO 60 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO NW 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 17 FT...HIGHEST SE. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 13 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST E. .SAT AND SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST E. $$ ANZ094-101500- BALTIMORE CANYON TO HAGUE LINE S OF 1000 FM 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING... .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING W TO SW AND INCREASING TO 35 TO 50 KT LATE...EXCEPT NE PORTION E TO SE 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 12 TO 18 FT...EXCEPT SW PART 6 TO 11 FT BUILDING TO 18 TO 27 FT. RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY...CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N TO NW 45 TO 55 KT...EXCEPT S AND SE PORTIONS TO 65 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 30 FT...HIGHEST SE. RAIN SHOWERS AND TSTMS...CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE. .THU...NW WINDS 40 TO 50 KT EARLY...EXCEPT E OF 70W N TO NW 50 TO 65 KT...DIMINISHING TO NW 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 11 TO 17 FT...HIGHEST SE. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST SE. .SAT AND SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. $$ ANZ085-101500- BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON OUT TO 36N 70W TO 34N 71W 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING... .TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 50 TO 65 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 17 FT BUILDING TO 18 TO 28 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 10 TO 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING SNOW SHOWERS W PORTION. .TONIGHT...E OF 1000 FM...W TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 55 TO 70 KT...THEN DIMINISHING TO 40 TO 55 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 24 TO 34 FT SUBSIDING TO 18 TO 32 FT...HIGHEST E. W OF 1000 FM...NW WINDS 45 TO 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 24 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT. .THU...NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM TO 8 TO 12 FT. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 11 TO 17 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 7 TO 11 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM TO 4 TO 7 FT. .SAT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM TO 5 TO 9 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT W OF 1000 FM 4 TO 7 FT. $$ ANZ086-101500- HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR OUT TO 34N 71W TO 32N 73W 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...STORM WARNING... .TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT INCREASING TO 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 9 TO 16 FT BUILDING TO 16 TO 26 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W TO 10 TO 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS...EXCEPT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING NW PART LATE. .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 40 TO 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 18 TO 30 FT...HIGHEST NE...EXCEPT W OF 75W 10 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 22 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W TO 7 TO 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS ENDING. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 17 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W TO 5 TO 10 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...THEN BECOMING E TO NE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST E. .SAT...N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT...THEN BECOMING NW. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT W OF 75W 3 TO 6 FT. $$ ANZ088-101500- CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W 400 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...STORM WARNING... .TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT BUILDING TO 17 TO 24 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W 9 TO 17 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS E PART. .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 35 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS BECOMING 12 TO 23 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 12 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E. ISOLATED SHOWERS E PART. .THU...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 18 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W 4 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT W OF 76W TO 3 TO 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO E TO NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST E. .SAT...WINDS BECOMING N TO NW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST E. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO W 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. $$ .FORECASTER SCOVIL. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.