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FZNT26 KNHC 262115
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
515 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...ROUGH SEAS AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AS TROPICAL STORM ERIKA
REACHES THE REGIONAL WATERS. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE
LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME SHELTER FROM
WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE FOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PUERTO RICO
WEST OF POINT PETRONA CLOSE TO SHORE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TROPICAL
STORM ERIKA NEAR 16.6N 58.9W 1005 MB AT 5 PM EDT AUG 26 MOVING W
OR 280 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT.
ERIKA WILL MOVE TO 18.1N 64.0W THU AFTERNOON...20.5N 69.6W FRI
AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA INTO THE
BAHAMAS OVER THE WEEKEND... POSSIBLY STRENGTHENING INTO A
HURRICANE MON. 

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 9 FT. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS 25 TO
30 KT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS 35 TO
40 KT. SEAS 7 TO 15 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE WINDS 35 TO 40 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 15 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO
10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.  

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 35 TO 40 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE TO S WINDS
35 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.