ME, NH, MA Forecast - The Hull Truth

DriveJohnson · 07-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Anyone believe this forecast? Looks like high pressure should be moving in and this may be a little untrue - anyone venturing out in it on Sunday?

SUN
SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. RAIN
LIKELY. AREAS OF FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

SUN NIGHT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG IN
THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

JJ

Cmonkey · 07-21-2006, 02:04 PM

Where are u getting that forecast from?

weatherunderground says: 2-4 ft seas. On sunday.

DriveJohnson · 07-21-2006, 02:10 PM

It's from the National Marine Weather Forecast...

DriveJohnson · 07-22-2006, 10:17 AM

I just rechecked the forecast - a slight improvement, but still iffy. Anyone going to try it?

SUN
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...DECREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
AREAS OF FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS...IMPROVING TO AROUND 3 NM IN THE
AFTERNOON.

SUN NIGHT
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

CJS · 07-22-2006, 02:15 PM

ANZ081-222030-
GULF OF MAINE TO THE HAGUE LINE.
1030 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

I see "The Hague Line" referred to in offshore weather forecasts. What is The Hague Line..."
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It's the popular name for the international boundary that divides U.S. and Canadian waters on Georges Bank established by the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands. If you look at the clickable map on our Marine Weather page - http://www.maineharbors.com/weather/marzone.htm - you can get a sense of what "NE continental shelf and slope waters from 25NM offshore to the Hague Line" means.

THIS AFTERNOON
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST SE. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. FOG. VSBY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM.

TONIGHT
SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO
7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS...MAINLY NW. FOG. VSBY
OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM.

SUN
SW WINDS DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. FOG
ENDING AND VSBY IMPROVING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS...MAINLY
NW.

SUN NIGHT
WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 5 TO 9 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E.

DriveJohnson · 07-22-2006, 04:23 PM

Good thing we're not planning on venturing out there...my plan is to head to the Isles of Shoals in the morning and if the waves are beating us up, we will probably just fish around there for a bit and then head inland for some striper action.