000 FZNT31 KNHC 161511 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1011 AM EST SAT FEB 16 2013 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...THE SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS...AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA. SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W .SYNOPSIS...EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND THE EAST AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE MERGED FRONT WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO SOUTHERN BELIZE THIS EVENING... FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE NICARAGUA SUN MORNING THEN STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE SUN EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA SUN AND MON. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 13 FT IN WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N73W TO WESTERN CUBA WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT NOW MOVING OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. THE MERGED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL CUBA THIS EVENING...FROM 31N66W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING...AND FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA MON MORNING...THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE MON NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 27N W OF THE FRONT BY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO 65W THROUGH SUN EVENING. LARGE NW SWELL TO 16 FT ALONG 31N WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...SLOWLY SUBSIDING EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW PORTION WED. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING NW 30 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT LATE. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE. .SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...E OF 70W...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT LATE...SEAS 6 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT LATE. W OF 70W...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 25 TO 35 KT LATE...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT LATE. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT LATE. E OF 70W...SEAS 9 TO 13 FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 16 FT LATE. W OF 70W...SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT E OF 70W...AND 9 TO 14 FT W OF 70W. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN E OF 70W...AND 7 TO 10 FT W OF 70W. .TUE THROUGH THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.