FZNT23 KWNM 181503

OFFN01



NAVTEX Marine Forecast for NE US waters

NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC

1103 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 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 high pressure will move E of the waters as a

warm front SW of the waters lifts N across the region today. The

front will move N of the area tonight as the next cold front

approaches the coast. The cold front will cross the area early

Sun, and pass S and E of the waters late Sun into Sun night. High

pressure will move E over the waters Mon while weakening. The

front to the S will then return N as a warm front Tue into Tue

night, and lift N of the waters by early Wed. Another cold front

will move slowly E into the waters Wed into Wed night. 



Eastport Maine to Cape Cod



.TODAY...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas

4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and patchy smoke. 

.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered

showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. 

.SUN...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 

.WED...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. 

.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 



Cape Cod to Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank



...GALE WARNING...



.TODAY...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas

3 to 4 ft. Patchy smoke. 

.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered

showers and tstms. 

.SUN...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Scattered

showers and tstms. 

.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.TUE...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 

.WED...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. 

.WED NIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. 



South of New England



...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT...



.TODAY...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas

3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers, tstms and patchy smoke. 

.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Tstms and

scattered showers. 

.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered

showers and tstms. 

.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. 

.MON...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.TUE...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 

.WED...SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.

.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.