MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY WIND GUSTS HAVE LOWERED TO WELL BELOW GALE LEVELS OVER THE NON- OCEAN WATERS - SO HAVE CONVERTED THESE WATERS TO AN SCA THROUGH SUNDAY. GALES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE OCEAN WATERS OVERNIGHT...WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS LINGERING INTO SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE EASTERN OCEAN WATERS. WILL NEED TO REPLACE GALES WITH SCAS ON THE OCEAN WATERS ONCE THE GALES COME TO AN END. WINDS BACK TO THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL DIMINISH AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. ROUGH SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE PERIOD. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH AN INVERSION DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS. HOWEVER...AN INCREASING SW FLOW DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK MAY CAUSE SEAS ON THE OCEAN TO REACH MARGINAL SCA LEVELS. &&