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FZNT26 KNHC 072141
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 PM EST TUE DEC 07 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...AN OLD COLD FRONT HAS MOVED S INTO HONDURAS AND
WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH WED. AN ELONGATED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM
NEAR 10N 78W NE TO JUST S OF PUERTO RICO WILL REMAIN ANCHORED
ACROSS THE SW CARIBBEAN AND ROTATE WESTWARD AND BECOME MORE N
TO S ALIGNED...REACHING TO ALONG 77W ON SAT. A WEAKENING COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SW N ATLC AND THROUGH THE SE
BAHAMAS WILL MEANDER THROUGH FRI MORNING BEFORE MERGING WITH A
NEW AND REINFORCING FRONT FRI...AND MOVE SE TROUGH
SAT...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING SUN FROM 22N62W TO THE MONA

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD
ISLANDS
.TONIGHT...NW OF TROUGH NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SE OF TROUGH E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 8 FT
IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL THROUGH EXPOSED ATLC PASSAGES.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG TROUGH.
.WED THROUGH THU NIGHT...W OF TROUGH NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT. E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL IN EXPOSED ATLC PASSAGES.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS W OF 70W. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AMD ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 15N E OF 67W.
.FRI AND SAT...FAR NW PORTION INCLUDING WINDWARD PASSAGE NE
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10
TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 KT LATE SAT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT
7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL THROUGH EXPOSED ATLC PASSAGES.
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT W OF 68W
LATE. SEAS 4 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL THROUGH EXPOSED
ATLC PASSAGES.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TONIGHT...N OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 19N
W OF 58W E TO SE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 14N E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF
11N.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 18N W OF 62W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. N OF 18N E OF 62W NE
TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 18N
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 11N.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N OF
18N W OF 61W BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING 8 TO
12 FT IN MIXED NE AND E SWELL.
.FRI AND SAT...S OF 18N E WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN E SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT SAT. N OF
18N E TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 6 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.SUN...

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA WILL DRIFT
SE THIS EVENING AND THEN MEANDER THROUGH FRI MORNING. THE FRONT
WILL THEN GRADUALLY BEGIN TO MOVE E ON FRI AS A SECONDARY COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND MERGES WITH THIS OLD FRONT FRI
AFTERNOON...WITH A POSSIBLE WEAK LOW PRES FORMING ALONG IT. A
TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP N OF 29N ALONG 80W THU INTO FRI
BEFORE LIFTING N OF THE AREA LATE FRI INTO EARLY SAT.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT AND WED...N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT
W OF 73W DIMINISHING 15 TO 20 KT WED AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 15
FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT BETWEEN 73W AND 77W SUBSIDING TO 6 TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON...AND TO 2 TO 4 FT W OF 77W. S OF 28N NW
TO N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT W OF
BAHAMAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS FAR SE PORTION.
.WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...N OF 28N W OF 78W WINDS BECOMING
N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 74W N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 2 TO 3
FT. E OF 74W TO FRONT N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. SE OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS FAR SE PORTION.
.FRI...N OF 27N W OF 77W N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT SE OF FRONT TO 22N S TO
SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT
SE OF FRONT 6 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF FRONT VARIABLE WINDS 5
TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.SAT...N OF 29N W OF 77W WINDS BECOMING SW TO W 10 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT IN SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT
W OF BAHAMAS NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT AND FAR SE PORTION VARIABLE 5
TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 2
TO 3 FT...AND BETWEEN BAHAMAS AND HISPANIOLA 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...E OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S
AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT N OF 28N. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT
BUILDING 8 TO 11 FT N OF 28N LATE. W OF FRONT W WINDS 25 TO 35
KT. SEAS BUILDING 8 TO 13 FT.

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