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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 AM EDT WED SEP 07 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...HURRICANE KATIA NEAR 29.2N 68.8W 976 MB AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING NW AT 09 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90
KT. KATIA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS IT REACHES TO
30.6N 69.6W EARLY TONIGHT...THEN MOVE TO JUST N OF AREA TO
32.8N 69.8W THU MORNING...AND TO 35.4N 69.0W BY FRI MORNING.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF KATIA THU
THROUGH SAT. NEWLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM MARIA IN THE EAST
ATLANTIC IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE FAR SE PORTION LATE SAT
INTO SUN.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 27N E OF 71W...
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 22N E OF 69W SAT AND
SUN...
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THU...TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 180 NM N SEMICIRCLE...135 NM SE QUADRANT AND 120
NM SW QUADRANT OF CENTER OF KATIA. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT GUSTS
TO 95 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN
390 NM NE QUADRANT...320 NM SE QUADRANT...260 NM SW QUADRANT
AND 450 NM NW QUADRANT OF KATIA. HIGHEST SEAS TO 38 FT.
ELSEWHERE N OF 25N E OF 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT...DIMINISHING TO
15 TO 20 KT FROM 25N TO 28N THU. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 25N W
OF 75W SW TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10
KT TONIGHT AND THU...EXCEPT N OF 28N W OF 78W W TO NW 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL...EXCEPT N OF 28N BETWEEN 75W
AND 78W 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND E SWELL. FROM 21N TO 25N E
OF 75W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. S OF 21N E
OF 75W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 25N W
OF 75W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT W OF 79W S TO SW.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS N OF 24N E OF 71W.
.THU NIGHT AND FRI...N OF 28N E OF 76W WINDS BECOMING SW TO W
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT. N OF 28N W OF
76W W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 28N
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT W OF
BAHAMAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.SAT...S OF 26N E OF 74W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO
8 FT...EXCEPT E OF 67W 8 TO 12 FT LATE. S OF 26N W OF 74W E TO
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 29N BETWEEN 71W AND 76W SW 15 TO 20
KT AND BECOMING VARIABLE NW PORTION. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6
FT E OF 75W...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF 75W.
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER
EXPECTED S OF 22N E OF 69W. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N E OF 71W NE TO E
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT. S OF 25N W OF 71W E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 74W BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...EXCEPT E OF 71W 6 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM 28N83W TO 25N88W TO A NEARLY
STATIONARY 1007 MB LOW NEAR 20N93W WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH LATE
FRI. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY WNW ON THU TO
A POSITION NEAR 21N93W THU NIGHT...NEAR 21N93W EARLY
FRI...NEAR 23N93W SAT AND TO NEAR 23N94W BY EARLY SUN WITH A
POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.THU THROUGH SUN...S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE SUN. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3
TO 4 FT FRI. N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE
TO E 5 TO 10 KT SAT AND SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1
TO 3 FT SAT AND SUN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 26N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT
BEHIND FRONT N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND WITHIN 150 NM SE FRONT.
.THU THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE
5 TO 10 KT FRI. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT FRI. N
OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
FRI. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT FRI. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG OF FRONT.
.SAT AND SUN...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15
KT SUN. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...NEWLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM MARIA IN THE FAR
MOVING W AT 20 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT.
MARIA IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT ENTERS THE FAR
EASTERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC BY LATE THU NIGHT...THEN
REACH NEAR 15.5N 56.5W FRI MORNING...AND APPROACH THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS BY LATE FRI...AND REACH TO NEAR 17.5N 62.0W BY EARLY
SAT AND TO JUST NW OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC BY EARLY SUN. A
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 58W S OF 20N IS MOVING W AT 15 KT. THE
WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THU THROUGH
SAT...AND REACH TO NEAR 75W SUN.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRI...S OF 17N BETWEEN 83W AND 86W E
TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 20N W
OF 84W. .SAT AND SUN...S OF 17N E OF 79W WINDS BECOMING NE TO
E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 19N W OF 81W E 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


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