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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) 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...RIDGE FROM 27N65W SW TO NW BAHAMAS WILL SLIDE E TO
THE FAR EASTERN PORTION BY THU MORNING AS A WEAK TROUGH FROM SE
GEORGIA TO NE FLORIDA PUSHES SE INTO THE NW PORTION THIS
MORNING ...THEN BECOMES DIFFUSE AS IT MOVES INTO THE N CENTRAL
WATERS WED. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE
U.S. COAST WED EVENING. ITS SOUTHERN PORTION WILL THEN
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS THU THROUGH
SAT. A WEAK TROUGH MAY DEVELOP OVER THE S AND SW WATERS
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON... THEN SLOWLY LIFT NE THROUGH SAT
WITH POSSIBLE LOW PRES FORMING ALONG IT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS SW
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY...N OF 27N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
BETWEEN 72W AND 78W S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
EXCEPT BETWEEN 72W AND 78W BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N E OF
72W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 22N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF
BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 28N W OF 66W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 27N E OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 10
KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT NEAR HISPANIOLA SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF
BAHAMAS...AND 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 26N W OF 78W.
.THU AND FRI...S OF 26N W OF 72W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT BETWEEN BAHAMAS AND 72W...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
BETWEEN 69W AND 72W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
E OF 69W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 26N BECOMING
SE TO S FRI. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT ...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT FRI. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BETWEEN
72W AND 77W...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF 77W.
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT FAR NE PART
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AND FAR SE BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT SW OF BAHAMAS...AND 3 TO 5 FT
ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT FAR NE PART.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES OF 1017 MB IS STATIONARY NEAR
27N88W. THE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE E THIS AFTERNOON...AND
EXIT THE AREA THU AS A WEAK COLD FRONT REACHES THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FAR NE
WATERS TONIGHT...THEN LINGER WHILE DISSIPATING THROUGH WED
NIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE THEN BUILDS WESTWARD NEAR 30N THU THROUGH
SAT...AND COMBINES WITH DEEPENING LOW PRES W OF THE AREA TO
CREATE INCREASING SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW IN THE FAR WESTERN
PORTION BEGINNING WED NIGHT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
FROM 24N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. N OF
27N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 24N.
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...S OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. N OF 25N WINDS NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU AND FRI...N OF 25N S TO SE WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE
10 TO 15 FRI. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT ...EXCEPT NEAR THE N COAST OF YUCATAN PENINSULA EACH
EVENING NE TO E 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
S OF 25N...AND 2 TO 3 FT N OF 25N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N W WINDS W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 24N...BECOMING ISOLATED
EARLY TONIGHT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...S OF 26N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. N
OF 26N WINDS VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT.
.THU AND FRI...S OF 26N E WINDS 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT FRI. SEAS BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 26N WINDS BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT...THEN SE 10 KT FRI. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.SAT...S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...ATLC RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AS MOVES E THROUGH SAT
ALLOWING FOR TRADES TO DIMINISH ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN.
A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO W CUBA
IN COMBINATION WITH A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER
MUCH OF THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY...S OF 18N E OF 80W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT GULF OF HONDURAS E TO SE 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT NEAR 18N86W. WINDS AND
SEAS HIGHER IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS W OF 78W.
.TONIGHT THROUGH THU....W OF 80W E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT S OF 17N WED...
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT FRI...AND TO 3 TO 5 FT SAT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PORTION.
.FRI AND SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
SAT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT S OF 18N E OF 80W.


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