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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 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...HIGH PRES ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF U.S. WILL
BUILD S TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
THROUGH TUE BEFORE TROPICAL STORM EARL ENTERS THE AREA FROM THE
SE. TROPICAL STORM EARL CURRENTLY SE OF AREA NEAR 16.9N 56.9W
19.9N 65.4W AS A HURRICANE LATE MON NIGHT...THEN TRACK NW TO
NEAR 23.5N 69.0W BY LATE TUE NIGHT...AND TO THE N CENTRAL
WATERS WED INTO EARLY THU BEFORE MOVING N OF AREA. LONG PERIOD
E SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO FAR SE WATERS EARLY MON IN ADVANCE OF
EARL.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 74W LATE MON NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY THU...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 70W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 IN NE SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT TONIGHT.
FROM 24N TO 27N E OF 70W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT DIMINISH TO
10 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 27N W OF 70W
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 7 TO 10
FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT IN NE SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT...EXCEPT OF
BAHAMAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 26N W OF
75W. .MON THROUGH TUE...N OF 26N E OF 69W NE WINDS 15 KT
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT MON NIGHT...AND TO POSSIBLE TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS BY TUE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE
SWELL... BUILDING TO 12 FT OR GREATER TUE. N OF 26N W OF 69W
NE TO E WINDS 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE. SEAS 7 TO
8 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 26N E OF 69W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
EARLY MON WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE MON AND TUE.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL EARLY MON...BUILDING TO 12 FT OR
GREATER MON NIGHT. S OF 26N W OF 69W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT...WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E OF 71W LATE
TUE. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT E OF
BAHAMAS TUE... EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND SQUALLS SPREADING INTO SE PORTION.
.WED AND THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 22N E OF 74W
WITH SEAS 12 FT AND GREATER. N OF 24N W OF 74W NE WINDS
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT S OF 24N E OF 70W INCREASING
TO SE TO S 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND E
SWELL...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 2 TO 4 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING TROUGH FROM SW LOUISIANA TO 27N97W WILL
SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWEST TODAY...AND MOVE INLAND THE TEXAS COAST
TONIGHT. IN ITS WAKE HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SW ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THU.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 87W
SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT W OF 87W 4 TO 6 FT. S
OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 26N. ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 25N.
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED...N OF 26N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...HIGHEST NW. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR TSTMS N PORTION.
.THU...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W OF
87W...AND 3 TO 5 FT E OF 87W. S OF 26N WINDS BECOMING SE TO S
10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY...N OF 26N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS N OF
27N.
.TONIGHT THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT...EXCEPT N OF 28N 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED AND THU...N OF 27N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO
15 KT THU. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT FAR S PART BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT
THU. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT THU.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM EARL NEAR 16.9N 56.9W 989 MB AT 5 AM
EDT IS MOVING W AT 16 KT. EARL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO TURN NW
AND INTENSIFY TO A HURRICANE AS IT REACHES NEAR 17.3N 59.1W
THIS AFTERNOON...NEAR 17.9N 61.4W BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES NE OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
TO 18.7N 63.6W BY MON AFTERNOON...AND ENTER THE SE PORTION OF
THE SW N ATLC TUE AND WED. ELSEWHERE A WEAK PRES GRADIENT WILL
MAINTAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS ACROSS THE AREA.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT....E TO SE WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF
18N W OF 84W AND GULF OF HONDURAS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT
...EXCEPT W OF 84W BUILDING 3 TO 5 FT MON. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF
18N E OF 85W.
.TUE AND WED...WINDS NE TO E DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT
GULF OF HONDURAS E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT
GULF OF HONDURAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...WINDS BECOMING SE TO S 10 KT...EXCEPT S OF 16N
INCREASING 10 TO 15 KT AND GULF OF HONDURAS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT.


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