000 FZNT26 KNHC 210931 OFFN05 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 531 AM EDT WED SEP 21 2016 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...KARL HAS WEAKENED OVERNIGHT TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... LOCATED NEAR 20.2N 57.6W AT 0900 UTC MOVING W AT 12 KT. KARL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE W-NW TODAY THEN BEGIN TO TURN MORE NW TONIGHT AND STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 25N 64W BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING TREND THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS IT MOVES N AND THEN NE ACROSS THE W CENTRAL ATLANTIC AS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM...THEN ACCELERATE TO THE NE AND EXIT INTO THE CENTRAL ATLC AS A HURRICANE SATURDAY. ASSOCIATED NE TO E SWELL FROM KARL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGIONAL WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA SUNDAY. SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. .FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL. .SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS .TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.