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FZNT25 KNHC 182120
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM 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 OVER THE FAR NW WATERS WILL EXTEND
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO N FLORIDA EARLY MON THEN FROM 29N60W TO
THE EXTREME NW BAHAMAS TUE MORNING. THE FRONT WILL 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
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT N
TO NE 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN NE SWELL N OF FRONT LATE. FROM 25N TO 28N W OF 72W SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E LATE 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 LATE 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 AND TUE NIGHT...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.
.FRI...N OF 27N E OF 70W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT. N OF 27N W OF 70W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT S TO SW
WINDS W OF 75W. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 27N E OF
BAHAMAS N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. S
OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...BROAD 1009 MB LOW PRES CENTERED NEAR 25N84W WITH
TROUGH EXTENDING S AND SW TO NEAR 21N89W WILL SLOWLY MOVE E-NE
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME S FLORIDA AND INTO
THE SW N ATLC THROUGH MON WHILE THE TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE NW CARIBBEAN. A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE FAR NW
PORTION OF THE GULF WATERS AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE REACHING
FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE UPPER
MEXICAN COAST EARLY TUE BEFORE DISSIPATING.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 24N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
S OF 24N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT WITHIN
120 NM OF LOW PRES. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 AND TUE NIGHT...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.
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...S OF 25N SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO
4 FT N OF 28N. 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 THROUGH 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.
.FRI...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 1009 MB LOW PRES CENTERED NEAR 25N84W WITH
TROUGH EXTENDING S AND SW TO NEAR 21N89W WILL SLOWLY MOVE E-NE
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME S FLORIDA AND INTO
THE SW N ATLC THROUGH MON WHILE THE TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE NW CARIBBEAN MON AND EARLY TUE BEFORE DISSIPATING. THE LOW
PRES WILL 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ALONG 12N ACROSS THE
TROPICAL N ATLC WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH MON.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT...W OF 82W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT NE TO E
WINDS S OF 18N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 82W S TO SW WINDS 10 KT
EXCEPT E TO SE WINDS S 0F 17N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WIND AND SEAS
HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OCCURRING IN BANDS AND
LINES...MOST NUMEROUS FAR E 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 AND TUE NIGHT...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 AND FRI...W OF 84W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E
OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS S OF 17N E OF
80W. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

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