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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 PM EDT MON OCT 18 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 FROM 23N65W TO 22N71W THEN STATIONARY TO
A 1013 MB LOW OVER N CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22N78W. THE COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY S THROUGH TUE NIGHT WHILE GRADUALLY
DISSIPATING AS NW TO N SWELLS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION SUBSIDE.
A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION...THEN BECOME
ENERGIZED AS A COLD FRONT WED FROM 31N74W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS...EXTEND FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS THU...FROM
29N65W TO HISPANIOLA FRI...THEN WEAKEN E OF AREA SAT AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 75W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT
N OF 29N VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL. S OF
27N TO FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 FT...EXCEPT NE 20 KT WITHIN
180 NM N OF FRONT W OF 71W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL E OF
BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ALONG AND S OF FRONT W OF 69W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS ELSEWHERE ALONG AND WITHIN 120 NM S OF FRONT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT FAR NW PORTION BECOMING SHIFTING TO S TO 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. ISOLATED SHOWERS
NEAR TROUGH. .WED THROUGH THU...W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 26N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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.
.SAT...S OF 25N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 21N E OF
68W E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE
OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE THU INTO FRI.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT 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 AND WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. .THU...N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 26N N TO NE 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 4 FT S OF 25N...HIGHEST NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT N OF 26N AND 3
TO 5 FT S OF 26N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED THROUGH THU...N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS NEAR
1 FT. S OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...N OF 26N NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 6 FT ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...BROAD LOW PRES BETWEEN 79W AND 90W HAS AN EMBEDDED
1010 MB LOW NEAR 16N83W WITH TROUGHS NE TO NEAR JAMAICA AND SSW
TO NORTHERN COSTA RICA. THE LOW PRES AREA IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NW DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR THE LOW TO
DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM
21N55W TO 22N71W WILL SLOWLY MOVE S THROUGH TUE NIGHT...THEN
BECOME STATIONARY WHILE DISSIPATING WED AND WED NIGHT.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT...NW OF LOW AND TROUGH TO 86W NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE WINDS TUE. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. W OF 86W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N
TUE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL. SE OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S WINDS TUE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL.
WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
TSTMS S OF 19N.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...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.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 19N W OF 81W
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.


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