Semper Peratus.
FZNT22 KWBC 072110 OFFNT2 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC 445 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2007 W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE ANZ086-080230- HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR OUT TO 34N 71W TO 32N 73W 445 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2007 HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING ...N WALL OF GULF STREAM NEAR 33.3N 76.7W...33.7N 76.6W...35N 75.3W... TONIGHT N TO NE WINDS 40 TO 55 KT...EXCEPT TO 65 KT NEAR THE GULF STREAM EARLY. WINDS DIMINISHING TO E TO NE 25 TO 35 KT LATE...EXCEPT TO 35 TO 45 KT FROM THE GULF STREAM W. SEAS 15 TO 25 FT...EXCEPT 25 TO 38 FT FROM THE GULF STREAM E...BECOMING 18 TO 28 FT...HIGHEST NEAR THE GULF STREAM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
Nice work, guys. Sounds pretty nasty.
It would be just another typical Gulf of Alaska Low on the Pacific. Unusual to see something like that in those Atlantic waters, other than hurricanes, later in the year.
Click on the arrow in the upper right of the swell map and you can zoom in on the east coast.
If I were 40 years younger, I would want to be a rescue swimmer. Cool job.