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FZNT25 KNHC 260904
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 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...RIDGE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG 31N
THROUGH MON NIGHT. TROUGH E OF THE AREA WILL ENTER THE SE
PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND WILL LINGER ALONG 65W THROUGH
MON NIGHT ...MOVING N TO NEAR 31N65W EARLY TUE THEN NE OF THE
AREA BY LATE TUE. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER
THE NW PORTION EARLY TUE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE
U.S. COAST MOVING OFFSHORE JUST N OF THE AREA WED. THIS FRONT
WILL NUDGE THE RIDGE TO THE S AND E TUE AND WED.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT E OF 72W SAT AND SAT NIGHT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25
KT S OF 24N W OF 70W...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT THROUGHOUT
SAT NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 8 FT NE OF COAST OF CUBA
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT SAT NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
SE PORTION SAT AND SAT NIGHT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W OF 70W E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT SE TO
S W OF 76W. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. E OF 70W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E
PORTION.
.MON...W OF 70W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15
TO 20 KT N OF 27N W OF 76W LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4
TO 6 FT NW PORTION LATE. E OF 70W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT S OF 24N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN
SE SWELL.
.TUE...N OF 27N W OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT NW PORTION LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6
TO 9 FT NW PORTION LATE. N OF 27N E OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 27N W OF 70W SE TO S
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 27N E OF
70W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NE PORTION.
.WED...N OF 27N W OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20
TO 25 KT NW PORTION. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT NW
PORTION. N OF 27N E OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. FROM 24N TO 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. S OF 24N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF
BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS NW PORTION.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ALEX IN THE NW CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST
WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SUN AND INTO THE
GULF OF MEXICO NEAR AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR 20.5N 90.5W
SUN NIGHT THEN STRENGTHEN BACK TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 22.5N
92.5W MON NIGHT AND NEAR 24.0N 94.0W TUE NIGHT THEN TO 24.5
95.5W WED NIGHT. OTHERWISE A RIDGE IS ALONG 30N WITH AN
EASTERLY WIND SURGE PERSISTING IN THE SE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS BUILDING 6 TO 8 FT SAT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT BECOMING NE TO E SAT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25
KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT SUN NIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N AND
NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.MON AND TUE...S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N.
.WED...S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SEAS 6 TO 10 FT. N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W PORTION.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY...S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT IN THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. N OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO
SE SAT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N.
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT BECOMING SE TO S SUN NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 26N E TO
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS S OF 25N.
.MON AND TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF
26N...AND 4 TO 7 FT S OF 26N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF
26N.
.WED...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ALEX NEAR 16.9N 84.9W 1004 MB AT
0900 UTC MOVING W-NW 7 KNOTS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT
GUST TO 45 KT. ALEX WILL MOVE TO NEAR 17.4N 86.3W THIS
AFTERNOON AND NEAR 18.4N 88.0W TONIGHT AND INLAND SUN.
OTHERWISE ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE ENTERING THE SE CARIBBEAN
ALONG 66W. TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TROPICAL N

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING W OF 83W...
.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER
WITHIN 90 NM W SEMICIRCLE. HIGHEST WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT
INCREASING TO 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST SEAS
13 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 19N W OF 80W.
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN WITHIN 90 NM W
SEMICIRCLE AND 40 NM SW QUADRANT AND 45 NM NW QUADRANT OF ALEX.
HIGHEST WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. HIGHEST SEAS 14 FT.
ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 6
TO 10 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS W PORTION AND SCATTERED
ELSEWHERE.
.SUN THROUGH MON...W OF 82W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH
HIGHER GUSTS SUN. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT. E OF 82W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
W PART SUN.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL...
BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE PORTION. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS E PORTION LATE.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL...
EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT LEE OF CUBA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S
PORTION.

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