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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT THU JUN 24 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...A RIDGE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG 31N
THROUGH MON. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN EXTENDING N
OVER CENTRAL CUBA AND NEARING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE
W OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING
HISPANIOLA WILL MOVE W-NW...REACHING THE EASTERN BAHAMAS EARLY
FRI...AND OUT OF THE AREA SAT. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN
THE RIDGE AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FRESH TO STRONG
EASTERLY WIND FLOW S OF 26N UNTIL LATE FRI. A THIRD TROPICAL
WAVE WILL ENTER THE SE WATERS SAT.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT. FROM 26N TO 28N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF
26N.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT NE PORTION SAT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT SAT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT SAT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 3 TO 5 FT SAT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS SE PORTION.
.SUN AND MON...W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE
TO S MON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 70W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
NEAR WAVE.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A WIND SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER
THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE GULF WATERS THROUGH
FRI. AN EMBEDDED AREA OF LOW PRES...A POSSIBLE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE WAVE S OF CUBA TODAY THEN TRACK
INTO THE CENTRAL OR WESTERN GULF WATERS BY SUN. THIS WAVE WILL
QUICKLY BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA
STRAITS FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY THROUGH SAT...S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT. N OF 26N E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN AND MON...S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT TO 10 FT NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL.
N OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR YUCATAN

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY THROUGH SAT...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...BECOMING E TO SE SAT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT ...EXCEPT TO 25 KT IN THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA...BECOMING E TO SE SAT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 10
FT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF
26N.
.SUN AND MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CUBA AND THE W
CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE W TO NW DURING THE
PERIOD. AN EMBEDDED AREA OF LOW PRES...A POSSIBLE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE WAVE TODAY OR FRI...MOVING NW
TOWARD THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SAT AND SUN...THEN NW OF THE
CARIBBEAN MON. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING HISPANIOLA
MOVE NW ACROSS HISPANIOLA TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...THEN TO OVER
CUBA THIS WEEKEND. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC LATE TONIGHT...THEN NW
OF THE AREA LATE SAT.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY THROUGH SAT...WITHIN 120 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. WITHIN 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLE
OF LOW PRES WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH SQUALLS.
.SUN AND MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT E OF 80W LATE.

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