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FZNT25 KNHC 170934
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 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 WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH MEANDERING ACROSS N
PORTIONS N OF 29N WILL WEAKEN AS IT DRIFTS N THROUGH TONIGHT. A
WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD SW INTO THE AREA TO THE NW
BAHAMAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN FRI AND SAT AS A
FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES JUST N OF THE AREA. A TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS
THE E CARIBBEAN WILL ENTER FAR SE PORTIONS THIS MORNING AND
MOVE W-NW ACROSS THE GREATER ANTILLES AND SOUTHERN WATERS...
REACHING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED EVENING. INCREASING WINDS
AND SEAS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS TROPICAL WAVE...ALONG WITH

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 29N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4
FT IN FADING NE SWELL. FROM 24N TO 29N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN FADING NE SWELL. S OF 24N E OF BAHAMAS E
TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT S OF 23N.
SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 24N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S
WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONTAL TROUGH. WIND
AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS SE PORTIONS
SPREADING W-NW THROUGH TONIGHT.
.WED THROUGH THU...N OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT
IN NE SWELL. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 15 KT...
INCREASING TO 20 KT S OF 24N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...S OF 26N WINDS NE TO E 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E
OF BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. FROM 26N TO 28N
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 28N SW TO W
WINDS 5 TO 10 FT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES ACROSS THE N CHANDELEUR ISLANDS NEAR
30N89W 1007 MB MOVING W-NW AT 8 KT AT 0800 UTC WILL MOVE
INLAND ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF SE LOUISIANA AND S
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND THEN TURN MORE NW THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS N
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF AS THIS LOW PRES SYSTEM MOVES
INLAND TODAY. AS THE LOW LIFTS FARTHER NW AND OUT OF THE
REGION WED NIGHT...HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W ALONG 27N THEN SHIFT

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27.5N W OF 87W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27.5N S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27.5N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW
PORTION THROUGH THIS EVENING.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S
OF 24N BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 28N.
.THU THROUGH SAT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
NEAR YUCATAN COAST E 15 TO 20 KT IN THE EVENINGS. SEAS 2 TO 4

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT THROUGHOUT...EXCEPT S
OF 24N BECOMING E TO SE TONIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 25N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
N OF 25N.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 25N WINDS E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S PART.
.THU AND FRI...N OF 26N S TO SW 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.
.SAT...N OF 27N SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. FROM 25N
TO 27N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S
OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL WAVE HAS MOVED INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL
AMERICA AND WAS EXITING THE FAR W CARIBBEAN. A SECOND TROPICAL
WAVE WAS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FROM E HISPANIOLA TO THE
A-B-C ISLANDS MOVING W AT 18 KT...WITH A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE
FOLLOWING DIRECTLY BEHIND IT ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE NE
CARIBBEAN. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL MOVE W-NW ACROSS HISPANIOLA
AND THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TODAY...REACH 80W WED EVENING AND
EXIT THE W CARIB THU EVENING. THIS TROPICAL WAVE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS...AND SCATTERED
SQUALLS AND TSTMS. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THU EVENING AND ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N E OF 80W E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
5 FT. S OF 18N W OF 80W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 15
TO 20 KT GULF OF HONDURAS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 18N E TO SE
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED THROUGH THU...S OF 18N E OF 83W E WINDS INCREASING TO 20
KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 20N...AND 2 TO 3 FT N OF 20N.
SCATTERED SQUALLS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 83W WED NIGHT
THROUGH THU. .FRI AND SAT...S OF 18N W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E OF 83W NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 18N E WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS MAINLY S

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