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FZNT25 KNHC 022133
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT TUE NOV 02 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...A COASTAL TROUGH FROM 31N79W TO 29N80W WILL REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL THU WHEN IT GETS ENVELOPED BY A COLD
FRONT MOVING OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THU AFTERNOON. THE FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO 27N80W FRI MORNING THEN FROM 31N68W
TO N OF TOMAS SAT MORNING. TOMAS...CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN...IS FORECAST TO BE A HURRICANE AS IT ENTERS THE AREA
NEAR 21.0N 72.5W SAT AFTERNOON...THEN WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL
STORM AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 22.5N 70.5W BY SUN AFTERNOON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND 74W
LATE FRI AND SAT...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. FROM 25N TO
27N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO
3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. FROM 21N TO 25N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 21N NE
TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E OF 72W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT
20 TO 25 KT S OF 21N. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 24N W OF 72W SE TO S
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 28N W
OF 77W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF
BAHAMAS. S OF 24N W OF 72W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT
S OF 21N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF
BAHAMAS EXCEPT TO 8 FT NEAR WINDWARD PASSAGE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PART WED NIGHT.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SE OF FRONT E OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT SHIFTING TO SW WITHIN 180 NM AHEAD OF FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT. W OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S 15 KT
THU NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 21N BETWEEN 72W AND
74W. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 69W AND 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT W OF BAHAMAS. REMAINDER OF
AREA E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. W
OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 4
TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND
74W. ELSEWHERE S OF 24N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20
TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 6 TO 9 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM 20N TO 24N
BETWEEN 68W AND 72W. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS
10 TO 15 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 6 TO 9 FT W OF BAHAMAS. N OF 25N N
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NE SWELL NE OF BAHAMAS
AND 6 TO 8 FT SW OF BAHAMAS.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM 30N92W TO 27N95W
TO 22N98W. 1010 MB LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA THIS EVENING NEAR 30N89W WITH THE FRONT EXTENDING
FROM THE LOW TO 28N90W TO 19N93W BY WED MORNING...THEN FROM
1008 MB LOW PRES NEAR 29N86W TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THU
MORNING. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST THU MORNING STRETCHING FROM 30N85W TO 22N93W TO
18N94W BY THU AFTERNOON. THIS NEXT FRONT WILL RAPIDLY SWEEP
SOUTH THROUGH THE ENTIRE GULF BY FRI MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD IN ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT SAT AND SUN.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT AND WED...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT WED. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N VARIABLE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT WED. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
IN NW SWELL. S OF 25N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N 20 TO
30 KT BEHIND SECONDARY COLD FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 9
TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL THU NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ALONG SECONDARY COLD FRONT.
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 11 FT LATE.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL
SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT TO 20 KT IN STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT N OF 26N.
.WED THROUGH THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO
SW WITHIN 90 NM E OF FRONT AND BECOMING W TO NW 20 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT BEHIND FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS THU AND THU NIGHT.
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL
SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM TOMAS NEAR 13.5N 74.6W AT 2100 UTC
PRES 1006 MB MOVING W AT 12 KT. TOMAS WILL CONTINUE AS A
TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO 13.8N 75.6W WED MORNING...TO
14.2N 76.6W WED AFTERNOON...THEN TO 14.7N 77.0W WED NIGHT.
TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES TO
15.3N 76.7W THU AFTERNOON...THEN WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS
IT REACHES 18.1N 74.8W FRI AFTERNOON. TOMAS WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES OVER HAITI REACHING 21.0N 72.5W SAT AFTERNOON THEN WILL
FURTHER WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT REACHES 22.5N 70.5W
SUN AFTERNOON.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 17N E OF 79W...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 78W THU THROUGH FRI...
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 79W N TO NE WINDS 20
KT INCREASING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH
WED NIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N E OF 80W N TO
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 33 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT
THROUGH WED NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT WED AND
WED NIGHT. REMAINDER OF AREA N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT W OF 84W WED NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT BUILDING
TO 4 TO 7 FT W OF 84W WED NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E
OF 80W BECOMING NUMEROUS WITHIN 180 NM OF TOMAS WED AND WED
NIGHT.
.THU THROUGH FRI...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 78W. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 25 FT.
ELSEWHERE E OF 80W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. W OF
80W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT THU NIGHT
AND FRI. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT THU NIGHT AND
FRI. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 180 NM OF TOMAS.
.SAT...W OF 80W NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. E
OF 80W NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.

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