Marine
Weather for Coastal Waters Forecast from
Fenwick Island
Delaware, Ocean City Maryland, to Chincoteague
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COASTAL SYNOPSIS:
. A cold front approaches the local waters today, crossing the local waters tonight. Winds become elevated ahead of and behind this frontal passage, with the strongest winds likely coming behind the front early Tuesday morning.
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OFFSHORE SYNOPSIS:
FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A high pressure ridge across the southern waters will shift S and E of the region today. A cold front will approach the coast today, then move E across the waters tonight and Tue. The front will stall across southern waters Tue night and Wed, and then will lift back N as a warm front Wed and Wed night. A secondary cold front or low pressure trough will cross the northern outer waters Tue night. High pressure will build SE over the N waters Wed, then shift NE of the area Wed night while the ridge axis remains across the S waters through Fri. Another cold front will move S into the N waters Thu night, then move across the northern half of the region through Fri night.
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OFFSHORE FORECAST
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1101 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A high pressure ridge across the southern waters will shift S and E of the region today. A cold front will approach the coast today, then move E across the waters tonight and Tue. The front will stall across southern waters Tue night and Wed, and then will lift back N as a warm front Wed and Wed night. A secondary cold front or low pressure trough will cross the northern outer waters Tue night. High pressure will build SE over the N waters Wed, then shift NE of the area Wed night while the ridge axis remains across the S waters through Fri. Another cold front will move S into the N waters Thu night, then move across the northern half of the region through Fri night. ANZ825-010230- Baltimore Canyon to Cape Charles Light to 100 NM offshore-
1101 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
TODAY S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and areas of fog. Scattered tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less.
TONIGHT S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less.
TUE N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers.
TUE NIGHT N winds less than 10 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
WED E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
WED NIGHT SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
THU S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
THU NIGHT S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
FRI SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
FRI NIGHT W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
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-010715
Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out
20 nm
208 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
THIS AFTERNOON
S winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft, occasionally to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 5 ft at 6
seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.
TONIGHT
SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, becoming
NW late. Seas 5 to 6 ft, occasionally to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 6
ft at 8 seconds. A chance of tstms. Showers.
TUE
N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt, diminishing to
10 to 15 kt late. Seas 4 to 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave
Detail: SE 5 ft at 8 seconds and NW 3 ft at 4 seconds. A chance
of showers in the morning.
TUE NIGHT
NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, occasionally to
5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 4 ft at 8 seconds.
WED
E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 7 seconds and
N 1 foot at 4 seconds.
WED NIGHT
SE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft.
THU
S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas around
5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft.
THU NIGHT
SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
around 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft.
FRI
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. A chance of showers.
FRI NIGHT
NE winds 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. A chance of
showers.
Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.
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