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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 23N65W TO 23N71W THEN
STATIONARY TO A WEAK LOW OVER EASTERN CUBA. THE STATIONARY
PORTION IS EXPECTED GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY
TUE...WHILE THE COLD FRONT PORTION MOVES E OF THE AREA. LARGE
NW TO N LINGERING SWELLS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION WILL SUBSIDE
MON NIGHT INTO TUE. A NEW AND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
31N74W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED...FROM 31N69W TO THE SE
BAHAMAS THU...AND FROM 31N65W TO 25N68W THEN STATIONARY AND
WEAKENING TO HISPANIOLA FRI.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...N OF FRONT E OF 69W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF FRONT W OF 69W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...EXCEPT BETWEEN FRONT AND 25N NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT BETWEEN 69W AND 77W...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF 77W. S OF
FRONT E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND S OF FRONT W OF 72W. ISOLATED
TSTMS ALONG AND WITHIN 90 NM S OF FRONT E OF 72W.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 71W N TO NE WINDS 10
KT...BECOMING NE TO E MON NIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL...
SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT MON NIGHT. N OF 27N W OF 71W WINDS
BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. S OF
27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 FT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL E OF
BAHAMAS...HIGHEST AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND WITHIN 90 NM S OF FRONT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT FAR NW PORTION BECOMING SW 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
FROM 25N TO 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED AND THU...W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI...N OF 25N W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. S OF 25N W OF FRONT NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SE OF FRONT TO 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG AND NEAR FRONT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S OF 25N INCREASING TO 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT N OF 25N...AND 2 TO 3 FT S OF 25N.
.THU...N OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT N OF 25N...AND
2 TO 3 FT S OF 25N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS NEAR 1 FT.
.WED AND THU...N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS NEAR 1
FT. S OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.FRI...N OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N
NE TO E WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A 1010 MB LOW NEAR 13N81W IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES THAT COVERS THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN
SEA. A TROUGH EXTENDS NE FROM THE LOW TO 17N76W. THIS AREA IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WNW THROUGH MON REACHING THE COAST OF
NICARAGUA EARLY MON NIGHT WHERE IT SHOULD LINGER THROUGH FRI
MAINTAINING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN. A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SW N ATLC
WILL MOVE S AND INTO FAR N PORTIONS OF TROPICAL N ATLC LATE
MON AND BECOME STATIONARY BEFORE DISSIPATING BY WED.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT...N OF 19N E OF 86W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 86W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. W OF 86W N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT S OF 17N W TO
NW. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S
OF 20N W OF 81W.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF
17N W OF 86W W TO NW 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS S OF 20N W OF 83W.
.TUE THROUGH WED...S OF 18N E OF 82W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 18N W OF 80W.
.THU AND FRI...W OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. E OF 80W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 18N W OF 80W.


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