000 FZNT31 KNHC 251521 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1121 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...THE SW N ATLANTIC 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...LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS ALL BUT SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS THROUGH WED LATE AS ATLC RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS NE ATLC. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TONIGHT...AND INTO THE NW PORTION ALONG 21N BY WED. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY BECOMES STATIONARY AND WEAKEN FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE THU. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION WED NIGH THROUGH FRI...INCREASING THE TRADE WINDS ACROSS ENTIRE REGION. LARGE N SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS AND THROUGH NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THU LATE AND THROUGH SAT. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NE LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W ...GALE WARNING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA LATE WED NIGHT INTO FRI...... .THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WED NIGHT. ELSEWHERE... NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA WED NIGHT. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 35 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT 10 TO 12 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA BUILDING TO 11 TO 15 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA FRI SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT SAT AFTERNOON. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A 1007 MB LOW IS NEAR 30.5N76W 1007 MB WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT SW TO NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LOW SE TO 29N71W AND TO NEAR 26N67W. THE LOW WILL QUICKLY LIFT NE OF THE FORECAST WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WHILE DEEPENING...AND PUSHING THE WARM FRONT NE OF THE AREA BY EARLY TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY LATE TONIGHT... FROM NEAR 26N65W TO 21N69W AND WEAKENING TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY WED LATE. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS THU INTO FRI BEFORE WEAKENING ON SAT. A VERY TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL INDUCE GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE FAR NE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER MUCH OF THE NW WATERS BEGINNING TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE N CENTRAL AND NE WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT. LARGE NW SWELLS WILL SPREAD SE ACROSS THE AREA E AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THU...WITH LINGERING LARGE SWELLS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTION BY FRI. HIGH PRES WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL WATERS FRI AND SAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACHES THE SE U.S. ON SAT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...SHIFTING TO NW 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT LATE. .WED...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT LATE. N OF 29N W OF 79W...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT N OF 29N W OF 79W. .THU THROUGH FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING W OF 70W... .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W 30 TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 16 FT LATE. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT S OF 29N...AND 14 TO 19 FT N OF 29N. .THU THROUGH FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SW 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.