In the north atlantic the weather is windy all the time -winter forget it - hate to see flat calm seas for more than a day or two --this is very rare weather for the north atlantic even in summer on aveage 10-20knots in late june and july to about mid aug. things start to get ugly and stay that way 20-30 are common
10-15 --- 1 to 3 ft seas
15-25---2 to 5 --common
20-50 ----5to8 common fall/winter/spring
ok the sun maybe shining in january but i can garentee you the wind is honking offshore
http://home.comcast.net/~codmander -----fact!
dont know how the weather is modded in gwx but nygm definatly needs adjutments