000 FZNT23 KNHC 042101 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W AMZ089-050330- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHRIS NEAR 21.4N 72.8W 1011 MB AT 2100 UTC MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 11 KT. CHRIS WILL CHANGE LITTLE IN STRENGTH THROUGH SUN AS IT MOVES NEAR OR ALONG THE N COAST OF CUBA...THE ENTERS THE THE EXTREME SE GULF SUN AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING 52W IS MOVING W 15 TO 20 KT. THE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC SAT AND ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN SAT NIGHT INTO MON...REACHING NEAR 76W/77W MON...NEAR 84W TUE AND W OF AREA LATE TUE INTO WED. HIGH PRES N OF AREA WILL BUILD W AND STRENGTH SOME THROUGH MON THEN WEAKEN TUE AND WED. $$ AMZ082-050330- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 78W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT SAT NIGHT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TSTMS W OF 82W... BECOMING ISOLATED SAT AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...S OF 17N E OF 80W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR TSTMS ENTIRE AREA. .WED...S OF 17N E OF 84W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BETWEEN 83W AND 86W AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF 86W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W PART. $$ AMZ084-050330- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .TONIGHT THROUGH MON....N OF 11N E OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 11N W OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 11N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG COAST OF COSTA RICA AND PANAMA. .TUE AND WED..N OF 12N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 12N W OF 78W NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 12N NLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. $$ AMZ086-050330- CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .TONIGHT...S OF 15N W OF 70W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...W OF 68W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. E OF 68W E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING 6 TO 8 FT LATE N OF 15N LATE SUN NIGHT. .MON THROUGH WED...S OF 15N E OF 68W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT WED. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT WED. SCATTERED TSTMS...BECOMING ISOLATED E OF 72W WED. $$ AMZ087-050330- TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .TONIGHT...N OF 15N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. S OF 15N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 15N E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. S OF 15N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .SUN...N OF 15N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. S OF 15N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .MON...N OF 15N E WIND 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 15N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ AMZ088-050330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHRIS NEAR 21.4N 72.8W 1011 MB AT 2100 UTC MOVING 280 DEG AT 11 KT. CHRIS WILL MOVE TO NEAR 21.7N 74.5W LATE TONIGHT...NEAR 22.1N 76.9W SAT AFTERNOON... ALONG COAST OF CUBA NEAR 22.6N 79.4W LATE SAT NIGHT...AND NEAR 23.2N 82.0W SUN AFTERNOON. CHRIS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO TRACK W OF THE AREA LATER ON SUN INTO MON. ELSEWHERE RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SLIGHTLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES N TO 30N SAT AND SUN AND TO 31N MON AND TUE...THEN WEAKEN SOME AS IT DRIFTS S TO ALONG 30N WED. $$ AMZ080-050330- SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS... 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006 .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...WITHIN 180 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF TROPICAL AND 120 NM NW SEMICIRCLE OF DEPRESSION CHRIS WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ...EXCEPT 30 TO 40 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT... EXCEPT 10 TO 15 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER. ELSEWHERE S OF 27N E OF 75W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT N OF 22N SUN. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. S OF 27N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT NIGHT AND SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT SAT NIGHT AND SUN. N OF 27N W OF 76W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT AND SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 27N E OF 76W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT SE TO S 10 KT N OF 28N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT N OF 28N. SCATTERED TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF CHRIS. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 28N W OF 77W. ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N E OF 71W. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 25N E OF 75W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. N OF 25N E OF 75W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. W OF 75W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DECREASING TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY S OF 28N 75W...BECOMING ISOLATED LATE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR ISLANDS. .MON...S OF 25N E OF 77W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 4 TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 25N W OF 77W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO OCCASIONALLY 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT ...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT BETWEEN BAHAMAS AND CUBA. N OF 25N W OF 75W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N E OF 75W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS SW PART. .TUE AND WED...S OF 25N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 25N W OF 73W SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N E OF 73W NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S PART. $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE