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FZNT25 KNHC 091533
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT THU SEP 09 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...HIGH PRES RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC
EXTENDING SW TO N FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THU WITH A REINFORCING
SECOND COLD FRONT ARRIVING FRI AND FRI NIGHT. THE FRONTS WILL
MERGE AND STALL S OF BERMUDA AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT
AND SUN...THEN DRIFT NW ON MON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT JUST AHEAD OF FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT
IN SE SWELL. FROM 24N TO 28N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL...EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 24N
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT W OF 70W. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT IN E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
ACROSS BAHAMAS THROUGH FLORIDA STRAITS.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT 10
TO 15 KT JUST AHEAD OF FRONT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
BEHIND SECOND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 27N E TO
SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG AND
AHEAD OF FRONTS.
.SUN AND MON...N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. FROM 23N TO 27N E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF
23N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
NEAR FRONT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE SE GULF WATERS WILL DRIFT
NW AND INTO THE E CENTRAL GULF THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE
DISSIPATING LATE TONIGHT. AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL MOVE W ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN WATERS SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE. OTHERWISE WEAK HIGH
PRES WILL DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF THROUGH THE

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 23N.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING SE TO S WINDS 5
TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO
SE TO S OF 26N FRI NIGHT...EXCEPT NE 10 TO 15 KT NEAR YUCATAN
COAST DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.SAT AND SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE N
OF 28N LATE SAT AND SUN...AND EXCEPT NE 10 TO 15 KT NEAR
YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENINGS. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS N PART AND S PART.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT 10 TO 15 KT NEAR
YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT 10 TO
15 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS N AND S PORTIONS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N
PORTION.
.MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N
PORTION EARLY.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...THE REMNANT TROUGH OF GASTON IS N OF 14N ALONG 73W
AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING W ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE MORE W-SW ACROSS THE W
CARIBBEAN FRI THROUGH SAT MORNING...THEN INTO CENTRAL AMERICA
AND ACROSS THE GULF OF HONDURAS SAT AND SAT NIGHT. BROAD LOW
PRESSURE NEAR 12N58W WILL MEANDER THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN
TO SHIFT NW INTO THE SE CARIBBEAN FRI THROUGH SAT THEN MOVE
MORE W-NW ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MON. THERE IS POTENTIAL
FOR THIS LOW TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TROPICAL
N ATLC WATERS N OF 15N SUN NIGHT AND MON. TROPICAL STORM IGOR
WELL E OF THE AREA IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE
AND APPROACH THE FAR E TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THE MIDDLE OF

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 82W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. E OF 82W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 82W.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...W OF TROUGH NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT. E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR TROUGH.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

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