Marine Weather for
Coastal Waters Forecast from
Fenwick Island Delaware, Ocean City Maryland, to
Chincoteague Virginia
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COASTAL
SYNOPSIS:
. High pressure remains centered near the area today, bringing benign marine conditions across the local waters. Winds become elevated ahead of and especially behind a strong cold front crossing the local waters Saturday night. High-end Small Craft Advisory conditions or low-end Gale conditions are possible behind the front Saturday night into early Sunday.
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OFFSHORE
SYNOPSIS:
FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A stationary front will slowly weaken into a surface trough tonight remaining along the Carolina coast into Fri. The high pressure area will expand with a warm front developing over the far N waters moving NE Fri. The high shifts E Fri night ahead of strong low pressure moving across New England. The low slowly moves across northern New England and into SE Canada Sat through Sun as its trailing cold front sweeps E across the waters Sat night and Sun. A secondary surface trough will move S over the area Sun night, otherwise high pressure will slowly build E over the waters Mon and Mon night, then persist across the region Tue and Tue night while slowly shifting E.
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OFFSHORE
FORECAST
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1046 PM EDT Thu Apr 24 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A stationary front will slowly weaken into a surface trough tonight remaining along the Carolina coast into Fri. The high pressure area will expand with a warm front developing over the far N waters moving NE Fri. The high shifts E Fri night ahead of strong low pressure moving across New England. The low slowly moves across northern New England and into SE Canada Sat through Sun as its trailing cold front sweeps E across the waters Sat night and Sun. A secondary surface trough will move S over the area Sun night, otherwise high pressure will slowly build E over the waters Mon and Mon night, then persist across the region Tue and Tue night while slowly shifting E. ANZ825-260230- Baltimore Canyon to Cape Charles Light to 100 NM offshore-
1046 PM EDT Thu Apr 24 2025
TONIGHT E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
FRI SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
FRI NIGHT S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
SAT SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers with vsby 1 nm or less.
SAT NIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
SUN NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
SUN NIGHT NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
MON N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
MON NIGHT S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
TUE SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
TUE NIGHT S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
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Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out
20 nm
304 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH 7 AM
SE winds 10 kt, diminishing to 5 kt late. Seas
around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.
TODAY
SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
TONIGHT
S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 5 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog. A chance
of showers after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
SAT
S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave Detail: S 5 ft at 6 seconds and
SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. Showers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 NM in the
morning.
SAT NIGHT
W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt with
gusts up to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft, occasionally to
6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 4 seconds and SE 4 ft at 7 seconds.
A chance of tstms in the evening. Showers likely.
SUN
NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 4 seconds and
SE 2 ft at 7 seconds.
SUN NIGHT
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft.
MON
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming E
5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
MON NIGHT
S winds 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
TUE
S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft.
TUE NIGHT
S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
around 4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft.
Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.
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