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FZNT25 KNHC 181539
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT SUN APR 18 2010

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK COLD FRONT SINKING S TOWARD THE REGION THIS
MORNING WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO N FLORIDA EARLY MON
THEN FROM 29N60W TO THE EXTREME NW BAHAMAS TUE MORNING. FRONT
TO MEANDER AND WEAKEN TUE THROUGH THU AND SLIDE NE AND OUT OF
AREA. BROAD LOW PRES ACROSS THE SE GULF OF MEXICO AND EXTREME
NW CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND
EXTREME S FLORIDA THROUGH MON AND THEN MERGE WITH WEAKENING
COLD FRONT TUE THROUGH THU AS THEY SHIFT NE OUT OF AREA.
ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA WED
NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO THE NW BAHAMAS LATE THU.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 5
TO 10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT BUILDING N OF FRONT 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL LATE. FROM 25N TO
28N W OF 72W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E TONIGHT.
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. E OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT
IN N AND NE SWELL. S OF 25N W OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
BECOMING S TO SW TONIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15
KT...EXCEPT N OF 28N E OF 78W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT...EXCEPT N OF 28N E OF 78W 6 TO 8 FT. SE OF FRONT TO 24N S
TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF FRONT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. .TUE...NW OF FRONTAL TROUGH TO 27N NE TO E WINDS 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF FRONTAL TROUGH N TO
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SE OF FRONTAL TROUGH SW
TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONTAL TROUGH.
.WED...N OF 27N W OF 74W SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. N OF 27N E OF 74W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT E OF 68W. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 27N E OF
BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N W
OF BAHAMAS VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...N OF 27N W OF TROUGH NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. N OF 27N E OF TROUGH S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. S OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT E OF
BAHAMAS IN NE SWELL AND 1 TO 2 FT W OF BAHAMAS.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...BROAD 1008 MB LOW PRES CENTERED NEAR 25N86W
EXTENDING ACROSS SE GULF AND EXTREME NW CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE
SLOWLY E-NE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME S FLORIDA
AND INTO THE SW N ATLC THROUGH MON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SINK
SLOWLY S TO THE N GULF COASTS TONIGHT THEN MEANDER THERE
THROUGH TUE. A SECOND COLD FRONT ALONG THE SE TEXAS COAST
TODAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE INTO THE FAR NW GULF TONIGHT THEN
REACH FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE UPPER
MEXICAN COAST EARLY TUE BEFORE DISSIPATING.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 24N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 24N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS SE PORTIONS.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N MON NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
SUBSIDING 1 TO 2 FT N OF 27N MON NIGHT.
.TUE...N OF 26N W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT S
OF 26N WED NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING 5 TO 7 FT LATE.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF LOW CENTER N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT
BUILDING 6 TO 7 FT NEAR LOW. S AND SE OF LOW CENTER S TO SW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT...HIGHER IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. WIND AND SEAS
HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 26N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. S OF 26N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE AND WED...S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...BROAD 1008 MB LOW PRES ACROSS THE SE GULF OF MEXICO
AND EXTREME NW CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA AND S FLORIDA THROUGH MON AND THEN CONTINUE E-NE ACROSS
THE SW N ATLC THROUGH TUE WHERE IT WILL BEGIN TO MERGE WITH A
COLD FRONT SINKING S INTO THE REGION. A WEAKENING FRONTAL
TROUGH ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 12.5N55W TO 12.5N62W
WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH MON.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 17.5N E OF 81W SE TO S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 5
FT. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING NW TO N 15
KT NW PORTIONS LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OCCURRING IN BANDS AND LINES...MOST
NUMEROUS SE PART.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...W OF 80W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE
SWELL. E OF 80W N OF 18N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING W
MON NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. E OF 80W S OF 18N VARIABLE WINDS 5
TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL.
.TUE...W OF 84W NW TO N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. E OF 84W SE TO
S WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT N OF 20N SW TO W. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. E OF
83W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS S OF 17N.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...W OF 82W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF
82W NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

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