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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 PM 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 WHILE DISSIPATING MON AND TUE.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.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 NIGHT...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.
.TUE...S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 26N W
OF 73W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 26N E OF
73W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH ALONG 89W FROM 25N TO 29N WILL DISSIPATE
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
.TONIGHT...N OF 29N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
FROM 25N TO 29N E OF TROUGH NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2
FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT NE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR TROUGH.
.FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 1
TO 3 FT.
.SUN...N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S OF 28N
NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 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 AND TUE...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENINGS. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN AND MON...N OF 28N NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT.
FROM 25N TO 28N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
25N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS.

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 15N ALONG 76W
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 13N59W 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 TUE. 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 DEPRESSION
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 NEXT WEEK.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.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.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

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