000 FZNT23 KNHC 122101 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 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. AMZ089-130330- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .SYNOPSIS...WEAK ATLC HIGH PRES MAINTAINS MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES THROUGH FRI. SE WINDS INCREASE OVER THE GULF OF HONDURAS LATE FRI AND SAT. ELY TRADES INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN LATE SUN AND MON AS A STRONG RIDGE BUILDS TO THE N. $$ AMZ082-130330- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .TONIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 20N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 20N. ISOLATED SHOWERS E OF 80W. .THU...W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 17N E OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...W OF 84W INCLUDING GULF OF HONDURAS E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT FRI THROUGH SAT. E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 18N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 18N. .SUN...S OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT N OF 20N. SCATTERED SHOWERS S PORTION. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS GULF OF HONDURAS. $$ AMZ084-130330- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 11N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. THU THROUGH SAT...N OF 11N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 12N FRI THROUGH SAT. .SUN...N OF 11N E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 13N. .MON...N OF 10N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. S OF 10N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. $$ AMZ086-130330- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...S OF 14N W OF 72W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT THU THROUGH SAT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S PORTION THU THROUGH SAT. .SUN AND MON...S OF 17N W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT MON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT ON MON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS S PART. $$ AMZ087-130330- TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 7N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE N OF 20N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 14N. .THU THROUGH FRI...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 20N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS S PART. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...S OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL. .MON...S OF 16N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 16N NLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 21N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. $$ AMZ088-130330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO A 1014 MB LOW NEAR 27N80W WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO THE NW BAHAMAS TONIGHT. THE FRONT STALLS AND WEAKENS TO A TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO 25N75W THU AND THU NIGHT. S TO SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION FRI NIGHT AND SAT IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM AND FRONT OVER THE E CONUS. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW WATERS EARLY SUN AND EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE SUN WITH WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE N PORTION. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS S IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT INCREASING NLY WINDS AND LARGE SWELL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON MON. $$ AMZ080-130330- SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 530 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 .TONIGHT...W OF COLD FRONT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT W OF 70W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 26N E OF COLD FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS...AND 1 TO 3 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N E OF FRONT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N OF FRONTAL TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT E OF 68W THU. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT E OF 70W IN NW SWELL. S OF FRONTAL TROUGH S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONTAL TROUGH. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW N OF 29N W OF 75W AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT W OF 70W...EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT E OF 70W. .SAT...N OF 27N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT N OF 30N LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING 6 TO 9 FT LATE. S OF 27N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 28N. .SUN...N OF 28N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT N OF 30N. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. N OF 28N W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. FROM 26N TO 28N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE S OF 21N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ELSEWHERE SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .MON...N OF FRONT E OF 70W WINDS...INCREASING TO N TO NE 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL. N OF FRONT W OF 70W WINDS INCREASING TO NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. S OF FRONT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI