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FZNT26 KNHC 190933
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT THU AUG 19 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 CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS THE W CARIBBEAN WILL
MOVE W-NW AND INTO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT AND EXIT THE
BASIN FRI. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
TSTMS WILL SPREAD W-NW ACROSS W PORTIONS ALONG AND BEHIND THE
WAVE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 53W WILL MOVE
W AND ENTER THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES LATE FRI. A SECOND
TROPICAL WAVE NOW OVER E CENTRAL ATLC WILL MOVE W ACROSS THE
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS LATE SAT THROUGH SUN.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.TODAY...W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15
KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT S OF
14N W OF 68W. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. .TONIGHT THROUGH MON...W OF 68W NE TO E WINDS 15 KT
INCREASE TO 20 KT S OF 14N MON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILD TO 7 FT
MON. E OF 68W E WINDS 10 KT INCREASE TO 15 KT MON. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT BUILD TO 6 FT MON.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TODAY THROUGH FRI NIGHT...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
SHIFTING E TO SE E OF TROUGH TONIGHT AND FRI. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN
NE SWELL. S OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN
NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PORTIONS.
.SAT AND SUN...N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E 15
TO 20 KT SUN. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUILDING 5 TO 7 FT LATE SUN. S OF
15N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 15N.
.MON...W OF TROPICAL WAVE NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. E OF
TROPICAL WAVE SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 10 TO 15 KT S OF 15N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SHIFT S TO ALONG 26N FRI
THEN LIFT N TO ALONG 29N LATE SAT THROUGH MON. TROPICAL WAVE S
OF 23N ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL AFFECT STRAITS OF FLORIDA
THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS
IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. FROM 24N TO 28N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S
OF 24N W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT
EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 24N E OF 70W NE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED
SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 24N.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...N OF 29N W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. FROM
25N TO 29N SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N E
TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.MON...N OF 27N S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N E TO SE
WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 2 FT W OF BAHAMAS.

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