000 FZNT31 KNHC 171509 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1109 AM EDT THU APR 17 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...HIGH PRES N OF THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADES NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH TRADES ELSEWHERE THROUGH FRI. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY SAT AND SUN AS A WEAK LOW PRES MOVES ACROSS THE SW N ATLC. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA... AND 5 TO 7 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N72W TO NEAR WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT N AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH FRI. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT GULF OF MEXICO FRI AND DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT SUN THROUGH MON. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO E 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .MON...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT.