000 FZNT31 KNHC 170915 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 415 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 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...A STRONG PRES GRADIENT WILL DRIVE STRONG TO MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN WED REACHING FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS WED NIGHT AND STALL FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA BY FRI MORNING AND DISSIPATE FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN BEHIND THE FRONT...USHERING IN STRONG NE WINDS. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA SAT. LARGE NW SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC TODAY THROUGH WED NIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD THERE AGAIN BY SAT WITH NE SWELL. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT S OF 18N...AND SE LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT S OF 18N...AND SE LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...S OF 18N...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 5 FT ELSEWHERE. .WED NIGHT...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND 7 TO 10 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...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 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...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 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER NW WATERS N OF 30N WILL LINGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH FROM 31N73W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED MORNING WHERE IT WILL BE REINFORCED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR. GALE FORCE WINDS SHOULD RETURN AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER N WATERS DURING THE DAY WED. THE FRONT WILL LIE FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO EASTERN CUBA WED NIGHT...FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA THU NIGHT AND FROM WEAKEN OVER THE SE PORTION FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PASS N OF THE AREA SAT AND SAT NIGHT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO W 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. .THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...W OF 70W...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT W OF 70W...AND 10 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO W 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NW 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT.