524  
FZNT24 KWNM 050845  
OFFN02  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID-ATLANTIC STATES WATERS  
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC  
445 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
CONDITIONS GIVEN REPRESENT THE HIGHEST WITHIN THAT PERIOD.  
 
LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE  
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL  
WATERS FORECASTS...  
   
SYNOPSIS  
WEAK LOW PRESSURE, AND A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE WATERS  
WILL PASS N OF THE AREA EARLY TODAY. A COLD FRONT FOLLOWS THE LOW  
E ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT, WITH A SECOND, STRONGER COLD  
FRONT MOVING OVER THE AREA FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUE. THE  
STRONG FRONT WILL STALL JUST S OF THE WATERS TUE. WITH THE FRONT  
STALLED JUST TO THE S, FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT, SURFACE TROUGHS  
WILL MOVE SE OVER THE N WATERS WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING E OVER  
THE CENTRAL WATERS. THE HIGH BUILDS N BY WED, THEN SHIFTS E WED  
NIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE JUST N OF THE AREA WED, WITH THE  
FRONT TO THE S SLOWLY RETURNING N AS A WARM FRONT AS WELL. AS THE  
WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE S WATERS, A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE N  
WATERS THU AND MOVES SLOWLY E OVER THE AREA THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI  
NIGHT, STALLING OVER THE S WATERS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE  
AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, THOUGH A SECONDARY COLD FRONT SHOULD  
APPROACH THE N WATERS FRI NIGHT.  
 
SANDY HOOK TO 37.5N  
   
TODAY  
NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.    
TONIGHT  
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
TUE  
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
WED  
S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
THU  
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
THU NIGHT  
N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI  
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI NIGHT  
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  
 
37.5N TO CAPE HATTERAS  
   
TODAY  
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS  
AND TSTMS.    
TONIGHT  
N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.    
TUE  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.    
WED  
E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
THU  
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.   
THU NIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI  
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI NIGHT  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  
 
CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET  
   
TODAY  
N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS  
AND TSTMS.    
TONIGHT  
NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.   
TUE  
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.    
TUE NIGHT  
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT. CHANCE  
OF RAIN.    
WED  
E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.    
THU  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
THU NIGHT  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
FRI  
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.    
FRI NIGHT  
NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  
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