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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
930 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010
FROM S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM...
INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND THE MONITOR NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY
AMZ100-022230-
930 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010

SYNOPSIS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS
DANGEROUS HURRICANE EARL WILL APPROACH NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND
MOVE OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. WINDS FROM
HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE MARINE AREAS LATE TODAY
AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EARL WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE
AREA FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  
  




TODAY
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO
40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT 
BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FT LATE DOMINANT PERIOD 16 SECONDS. SHOWERS 
LIKELY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 KT.
SEAS 21 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 16 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 

FRI
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS
ALSO POSSIBLE. NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT... SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. 

FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. 
SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. 

SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

SUN AND MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.