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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 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 N OF THE AREA NEAR 33.6N 70.1W
970 MB MOVING N AT 14 KT WILL CONTINUE TO PULL FURTHER AWAY
THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ALONG 27N THROUGH FRI
NIGHT...THEN LIFT N TO ALONG 30N SAT AND SUN AND TO N OF THE
AREA MON. TROPICAL STORM MARIA CURRENTLY IN THE TROPICAL
N ATLC IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW INTO THE FAR SE PORTION LATE SAT
NIGHT...TO 19.5N 67.0W EARLY SUN AND TO 22.5N 72.0W BY EARLY
MON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 26N E OF 74W SAT
THROUGH MON...
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 74W S TO SW WINDS
20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 10 TO
16 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED N AND SE SWELL
TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE N OF 26N W OF 72W SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 26N E OF 72W S TO SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 26N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 78W S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT W OF 78W 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N E OF 69W...AND N OF 25N E OF 71W.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 28N E OF 76W SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 28N W OF 76W WINDS
BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT...AND TO 2
TO 4 FT FRI NIGHT. FROM 26N TO 28N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. S OF 26N W OF 74W WINDS
SHIFTING TO NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N E OF
74W WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SAT THROUGH MON...S OF 24N E OF 69W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT SAT AFTERNOON...BECOMING TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER S OF 26N
E OF 74W LATE SAT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM N AND 90 NM S
SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 33 KT WITHIN 240
NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA AND SHIFTING SE BEHIND
MARIA. REMAINDER AREA S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SAT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS....AND
2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MON. N OF 26N
WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT...AND NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT
MON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN MIXED E TO SE SWELL...BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FT IN SE SWELL MON. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS WITHIN 150
NM OF MARIA.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM NATE NEAR 20.4N 92.4W 1003 MB AT 10
AM CDT MOVING E AT 02 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS
55 KT. NATE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO
NEAR 20.5N 92.2W TONIGHT...THEN TURN NW AND MOVE TO 21.1N
92.2W FRI MORNING...TO 21.9N 92.7W FRI NIGHT...AND REACH
HURRICANE INTENSITY AS IT REACHES 22.5N 93.2W EARLY SAT
MORNING...TO 23.1N 93.8W EARLY SUN MORNING AND TO 23.6N 94.4W
BY MON MORNING. A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA
TO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN...S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT W OF 88W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT SAT. N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE
TO E SAT AND SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT SAT
AND SUN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 26N W OF 88W.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10
TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG WITHIN
180 NM S 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 KT
SUN. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N E
TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 26N.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 13.0N 51.2W 1005 MB AT 11
AM EDT MOVING W AT 19 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS
50 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST TO ONLY INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY AS IT
MOVES TO 13.0N 54.0W TONIGHT...TO 13.8N 57.3W FRI MORNING...TO
14.5N 60.5W FRI NIGHT...NW TO 16.0N 63.O SAT MORNING BEFORE
LIFTING NW OF THE AREA LATE SAT.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N BETWEEN 84W AND 87W SE
TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 19N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N
OF 19N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 85W.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF 84W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT YUCATAN CHANNEL 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 19N E OF 84W
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 19N E OF 84W
WINDS BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS FAR NW PART.
.SAT AND SUN...W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT
N OF 19N E OF 84W 1 TO 2 FT.
.MON...W OF 82W SE TO S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT...AND
BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2
FT. E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


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