Marine Forecast for Columbus Day Boating or Fishing

Marine forecast looks very good for Monday for perhaps one last day on the boat before going into storage for the season.

 

NO ADVISORIES FOR THE COASTAL WATERS

FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND LONG ISLAND

Synopsis: HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN JUST S OF THE WATERS THROUGH MON. WEAK LOW PRES WILL PASS TO THE SE MON NIGHT INTO TUE MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATER TUE…AND MOVE ACROSS TUE EVENING. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS FROM WED THROUGH FRI.

Tonight
SW winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Mon
SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Mon Night
S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Chance of light rain after midnight.
Tue
SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft…building to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning. Chance of showers in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 nm in the morning.
Tue Night
W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Chance of showers in the evening.
Wed
W winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
FOR NEW JERSEY

Synopsis: A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY, BRIEFLY FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE ON WEDNESDAY. THEN A WEAKENING TROUGH SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER COLD FRONT LATER FRIDAY.

Overnight
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt… Becoming W 5 to 10 kt late. Seas around 2 ft. Mainly in SE swell with a dominant period of 10 seconds.
Mon
W winds 5 to 10 kt…becoming S in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Mainly in SE swell with a dominant period of 8 seconds.
Mon Night
S winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Mainly in SE swell with a dominant period of 9 seconds.
Tue
SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Mainly in SE swell with a dominant period of 9 seconds. scattered showers in the afternoon.
Tue Night
W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Wed
W winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.