000 FZNT23 KNHC 182029 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 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. AMZ089-190330- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 73W IS MOVING W 13 KT. THE WAVE WILL MOVE TO NEAR 78W BY FRI NIGHT AND ACROSS THE GULF OF HONDURAS SAT AND SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 62W IS MOVING W 10 KT. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE TO NEAR 66W FRI...70W SAT...75W SUN...NEAR 80W MON AND TO NEAR 84W TUE. $$ AMZ082-190330- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .TONIGHT...S OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 79W AND S OF 16N W OF 79W. .FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...S OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E PART...MOVING TO W OF 80W SAT NIGHT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W PART. $$ AMZ084-190330- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 13N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO FT. N OF 13N W OF 78W E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SCATTERED TSTMS ENTIRE AREA. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 12N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 13N E OF 80W. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 12N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 11N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 79W. .SUN THROUGH TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE E OF 79W TUE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT ENTIRE AREA. $$ AMZ086-190330- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S OF 17N W OF 67W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT ...EXCEPT E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 17N E OF 66W. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT ...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT N OF 17N E OF 66W. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 66W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 16N W OF 72W. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. E OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT S OF 13N E OF 64W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...HIGHEST NE PART. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 14N E OF 66W...MOVING W. .SUN AND MON...WITHIN 240 NM E OF WAVE SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. W OF WAVE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF WAVE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG WAVE. .TUE...S OF 14N BETWEEN 65W AND 72W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR W PART. $$ AMZ087-190330- TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .TONIGHT...FROM 15N TO 18N W OF 59W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 17N. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...FROM 16N TO 22N W OF 60W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 57W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE S OF 17N. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 16N E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 16N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 14N TO 18N W OF 57W. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 18N W OF 60W...DIMINISHING TO E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT TUE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT N OF 18N W OF 60W...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TUE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 14N BECOMING ISOLATED TUE. $$ AMZ088-190330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO 28N80W IS MOVING SE 10 KT. SURFACE TROUGH FROM 30N69W TO 25N74W IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE BOUNDARIES ARE FORECAST TO MERGE INTO A TROUGH ALONG 31N74W TO 27N74W TO 25N77W FRI AND FRI NIGHT. A RIDGE WILL BUILD W ALONG 30N FRI NIGHT AND SAT PUSHING THE MERGED TROUGH W OVER FLORIDA SAT NIGHT AND SUN. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE OVER THE SE UNITED STATES AND FAR NW WATERS LATE MON INTO TUE. $$ AMZ080-190330- SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 530 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 .TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF TROUGH SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 24N E OF 68W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE N OF 23N. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF TROUGH NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF MERGED TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR TROUGH. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W OF TROUGH NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E SUN W OF 77W. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SUN. N OF 24N E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT ...EXCEPT SE TO S N OF 29N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT E OF SE BAHAMAS. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT SW OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR TROUGH. .MON AND TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E 15 TO 20 KT S OF 24N BETWEEN 70W AND 76W AND BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT FAR NW PART. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT S OF 24N BETWEEN 70W AND 76W...AND BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL FAR NW WATERS TUE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR NW PART. $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE