NOAA Atlantic Forecast 6 Jul 2026

NOAA Atlantic Forecast

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Issued by the U.S. National Weather Service, NWS, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA for the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Offshore waters forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center. Washington, D.C. 443 AM EDT, Monday, July 6, 2026. New England Continental Shelf and Slope Waters from 60 nautical miles offshore to the Hague Line, except to 1,000 fathom line south of New England. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest one-third of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near thunderstorms. ANZ898-061945-443 AM EDT, Monday, July 6, 2026. Synopsis for New England waters. High pressure will remain over most of the area today, while a stalled frontal boundary sits south of the area. The high shifts east tonight as the front moves back north as a warm front. The front moves into or very near the south waters late tonight, and low pressure will develop along the front by Tuesday. The low will track east along the front during Tuesday, with the low gradually moving east of the area overnight Tuesday through Wednesday. High pressure returns to the waters Wednesday night and Thursday. High pressure moves east Thursday night into Friday as a surface low pressure trough develops over the western part of the waters ahead of a cold front approaching from the northwest. The cold front will move east and southeast over the area late Friday and Friday night. Offshore waters forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center. Washington, D.C. 453 AM EDT, Monday, July 6, 2026. West Central North Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope Waters beyond 60 nautical miles to 250 nautical miles offshore, including south of Georgia's Bank from 1,000 fathom line to 250 nautical miles offshore. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest one-third of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near thunderstorms. ANZ 899-Yosktuzo 453 AMEDT. Monday, July 6, 2026, synopsis for mid-Atlantic waters. A stationary front over the far north waters will persist today into early tonight as the high to the south retreats to the east. The front moves back north into or just north of the far north waters, as a warm front later tonight and Tuesday, with low pressure developing along the front Tuesday. Low pressure will slowly move east of the northeast waters overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, with a trailing cold front then moving into and stalling off of the Carolinas. Weak lows will move northeast along the front Wednesday through Thursday while the front gradually weakens. North of the front, high pressure builds in Wednesday and Wednesday night and then moves east of the area Thursday. The next cold front will approach from the northwest Thursday night into Friday, then move east and southeast across the area late Friday and Friday night. Issued by the U.S. National Weather Service, NWS, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA for the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Thank you for listening.