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FZNT25 KNHC 150934
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 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 COLD FRONT STALLING FROM 31N61W TO 27N70W 31N77W WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH MON AND BEGIN TO DRIFT NW. AN E TO W
RIDGE WILL MEANDER ALONG 24N THROUGH MON THEN SHIFT N TO ALONG
27N TO 28N TUE THROUGH THU AS THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT
DISSIPATE.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY...N OF STALLING FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.TONIGHT AND MON...N OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 FT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...N OF 27N S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
IN NE SWELL. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT BETWEEN SE BAHAMAS AND HISPANIOLA.
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT HIGHEST SE OF BAHAMAS.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE E CENTRAL
GULF W ALONG 26N...THEN NW AND INTO SE TEXAS THIS MORNING AND
WILL WEAKEN THROUGH MON AS ELONGATED LOW PRES ACROSS THE SE
GULF STATES SINKS S TO THE N GULF COASTS LATE TONIGHT. THIS
LOW WILL THEN SHIFT SLOWLY SW TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI BY TUE MORNING AND THEN TURN NW AND INLAND ACROSS
SW LOUISIANA TUE EVENING AND NIGHT. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR THIS LOW PRES SYSTEM TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS AND
TSTMS AS IT MOVES OVER WATER...AND PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY THROUGH MON...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT
BUILDING 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N PART.
.MON NIGHT AND TUE...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
ISOLATED TSTMS FAR N WATERS.
.WED AND THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. FROM 24N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED
TSTMS FLORIDA BAY.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 27N S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N SW TO S
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE THROUGH THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
WILL MOVE W-NW ACROSS THE SW CARIBBEAN TODAY THROUGH MON. A LOW
LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE E CARIBBEAN TODAY
ACCOMPANIED BY TSTMS. A FAST MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WILL REACH
55W THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE W AND MOVE THROUGH THE E
CARIBBEAN MON AND MON NIGHT...THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
WATERS TUE...THROUGH THE W CARIBBEAN WED AND THU.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY THROUGH TUE...N 0F 19N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 19N W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 19N E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED AND THU...N 0F 20N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT. S OF 20N W OF 80W E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. S
OF 20N E OF 80W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR TROPICAL WAVE.

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