000 FZNT23 KNHC 270853 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...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. AMZ089-271530- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 19N55W TO 20N65W...AND WILL DISSIPATE ON MON. A WEAK PRES GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE BASIN THROUGH MON WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES...THEN THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS TUE THROUGH THU WITH TRADES INCREASING. LARGE NE SWELL UP TO 16 FEET IN TROPICAL N ATLC WILL SEEP THROUGH THE ATLC PASSAGES AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN MON AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WED. $$ AMZ082-271530- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND N OF 20N MON NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT IN LEE OF CUBA...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT N OF 20N EXCEPT TO 7 FT IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL MON NIGHT. .TUE AND WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT LATE WED...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT IN LEE OF CUBA. .THU...S OF 17N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT IN LEE OF CUBA. $$ AMZ084-271530- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .TODAY THROUGH MON...N OF 10N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT MON EXCEPT TO 8 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. S OF 10N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL. .MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...N OF 10N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT TUE AND WED...EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. S OF 10N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT TUE AND WED. .THU...N OF 10N W OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE. N OF 10N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT EXCEPT 10 TO 12 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. S OF 10N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. $$ .AMZ086-271530- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .TODAY THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT W OF 70W EXCEPT TO 8 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF 70W BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL MON NIGHT AND TUE...EXCEPT TO 9 FT IN ATLC PASSAGES BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FT IN LARGE NE SWELL MON NIGHT AND TUE. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT W OF 70W EXCEPT TO 10 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL E OF 70W EXCEPT TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL IN ATLC PASSAGES. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT W OF 70W... AND 25 TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT EXCEPT TO 10 FT OFF COAST OF COLOMBIA. $$ AMZ087-271530- TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT...N OF 19N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT MON AND MON NIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FT MON AND MON NIGHT. S OF 19N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT S OF 13N MON NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL BUILDING 10 TO TO 14 FT MON AND MON NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 18N TODAY AND TONIGHT. .TUE...N OF 13N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 17N LATE. SEAS 13 TO 15 FT IN NE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 13 FT LATE. S OF 13N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL. .WED...N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. .THU...N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT OCCASIONALLY TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. $$ AMZ088-271530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N73W TO 26N77W WILL SHIFT E TO NEAR 31N69W TO 22N77W BY EARLY MON MORNING...THEN TO 31N65W TO 23N73W BY MON EVENING. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH S OF 31N ON MON AFTERNOON EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N69W TO 26N77W BY MON EVENING. THE TWO FRONTS WILL MERGE ON TUE AND PUSH E TO NEAR 26N65W TO 20N71W BY TUE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONTS ON TUE. A TROUGH DEVELOPS OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED...STRENGTHENING WHILE IT MOVES TO NEAR 31N74W TO 27N80W BY LATE THU. $$ AMZ080-271530- SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 430 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. SE OF FRONT N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT SW JUST AHEAD OF FRONT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 26N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT S OF 24N DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF BAHAMAS VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW OF FRONT N OF 27N W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT MON NIGHT. SE OF FRONT N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 25N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF BAHAMAS NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MON NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .TUE...NW OF FRONT E OF 75W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .WED...E OF 73W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. W OF 73W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT N OF N OF 27N LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. .THU...NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. E OF FRONT N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY