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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 AM EDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WILL MOVE NW
THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO MOVE E SUN IN RESPONSE TO A
WEAK COLD FRONT THAT ENTERS THE FAR NE PORTION THIS AFTERNOON
AND MOVES TO JUST NE OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE WILL
DEVELOP ALONG 30N TONIGHT THROUGH WED.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 2 FT W OF 76W...AND 2 TO 4 FT IN N SWELL E OF 76W. S
OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E OF TROUGH E TO SE.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT ...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS SE PART. SCATTERED TSTMS FAR NE
PART LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT SUN NIGHT...EXCEPT W OF 75W E TO
SE SUN NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT... EXCEPT OVER SE PORTION VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5
FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS SE PART. .MON AND TUE...N OF 27N W OF 75W WINDS
BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT IN N SWELL. N OF 27N E OF 75W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT TUE. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 2 TO 4 FT W
OF BAHAMAS. .WED...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF
75W NE TO E. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE
NE GULF THROUGH WED. FRESH SE RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH TUE...THEN DIMINISH WED AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS GULF COAST. OTHERWISE AREAS OF
SMOKE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF SHOULD PERSIS THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 87W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. E OF 87W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN THROUGH WED...N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WED...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH FROM 18N71W TO NW COLOMBIA WILL
MERGE WITH A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY S OF 14N ALONG 69W BY SUN.
THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL SLOW AS IT MOVES TO S OF JAMAICA MON
THEN WILL APPROACH CENTRAL AMERICA TUE INTO WED.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 18N
...AND 2 TO 4 FT N OF 18N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
E OF 80W.
.TUE AND WED...S OF 17N E OF 84W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 18N.


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