000 FZNT23 KNHC 020934 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 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. AMZ089-021530- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM TOMAS NEAR 13.5N 72.0W AT 0900 UTC PRES 1003 MB MOVING W 10 KT NEAR 13.7N 73.1W THIS AFTERNOON... 14.0N 74.4W EARLY WED...14.4N 75.3W WED AFTERNOON...15.0N 75.8W EARLY THU AS A HURRICANE...16.3N 75.2W EARLY FRI...OVER HAITI NEAR 19.0N 72.5 EARLY SAT AND N OF THE AREA EARLY SUN. $$ AMZ082-021530- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING WED E OF 77W... ...HURRICANE WARNING WED NIGHT AND THU E OF 77W... .TODAY AND TONIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 17N E OF 78W. .WED...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 70 NM SE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 60 KT GUST TO 75 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 77W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. W OF 77W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .WED NIGHT AND THU...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 65 KT GUST TO 80 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 79W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. W OF 78W AREA NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .FRI...E OF 78W NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. W OF 78W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SAT...W OF 80W NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. E OF 80W NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. $$ AMZ084-021530- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 13N E OF 77W WED... ...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 13N E OF 77W WED NIGHT AND THU... .TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 12N E OF 78W N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 12N E OF 78W. .WED...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 70 NM SE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 60 KT GUST TO 75 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N E OF 77W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .WED NIGHT AND THU...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 65 KT GUST TO 80 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N E OF 79W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. $$ AMZ086-021530- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 12N W OF 71W... ...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 14N W OF 72W WED NIGHT AND THU... .TODAY THROUGH WED...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...70 NM SE QUADRANT...50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 50 KT GUST TO 60 KT INCREASING TO 60 KT GUST TO 75 KT WED. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .WED NIGHT AND THU...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 65 KT GUST TO 80 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 65W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. E OF 65W E TO SE WIND 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF TOMAS. .FRI...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 14N W OF 72W. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ELSEWHERE W OF 65W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. E OF 65W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS W OF 70W. .SAT...W OF 68W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. E OF 68W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ AMZ087-021530- TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 1130 AM EDT SUN OCT 31 2010 .TODAY THROUGH WED...N OF 17N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 20N W OF 60W TONIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. FROM 12N TO 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 12N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE WINDS 10 KT TUE THROUGH WED. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI AND SAT...N OF 15N W OF 58W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ AMZ088-021530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 .SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA WILL WILL MOVE E AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST THU NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO 26N80W EARLY FRI AND FROM 31N68W TO N OF TOMAS...FORECAST TO BE A HURRICANE NEAR 21.5N 70.0W EARLY SAT. $$ AMZ080-021530- SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 530 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010 ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 22N BETWEEN 70W AND 74W LATE FRI... .TODAY AND TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT LATE TUE AND TUE NIGHT N OF 29N E OF 76W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT N OF 29N E OF 80W TUE NIGHT. FROM 25N TO 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E OF 72W E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING 6 TO 8 FT. N OF 24N W OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 28N W OF 77W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 24N W OF 72W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PART. .THU...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SE OF FRONT E OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING SW WITHIN 180 NM AHEAD OF FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. W OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S WINDS 15 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...HURRICANE CONDITION EXPECTED S OF 22N BETWEEN 70W AND 74W LATE FRI. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 68W AND 76W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT W OF BAHAMAS. E OF 71W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. REMAINDER AREA E OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT...HURRICANE CONDITION EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND 72W. ELSEWHERE S OF 24N BETWEEN 68W AND 74W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 8 TO 10 FT W OF BAHAMAS. $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL