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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 AM EDT SAT SEP 10 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 WEAK TROUGH ALONG 75W S OF 27N WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE BAHAMAS TODAY...THEN REACH S FLORIDA SUN. A RIDGE ALONG 27N
WILL LIFT N OF THE AREA MON. TROPICAL STORM MARIA IN THE
TROPICAL N ATLANTIC WILL MOVE TO NEAR 20.0N 66.0W SUN AFTERNOON
AND 21.5N 67.5W SUN NIGHT. MARIA WILL INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE
STRENGTH AS IT REACHES 23.5N 69.5W MON NIGHT...REACHING 27.5N
70.5W TUE NIGHT...THEN N OF AREA TO 34.0N 68.5W BY LATE WED.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING SUN S OF 22N E OF 69W...
...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 73W
SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N E OF 75W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 28N W OF 75W N TO NE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. FROM 25N TO 28N VARIABLE WINDS 5
TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N W OF 70W E WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT
BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND
TSTMS S OF 22N E OF 70W THIS AFTERNOON.
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM NE AND 100 NM
NW QUADRANTS OF CENTER OF MARIA. HIGHEST WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO
60 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS. HIGHEST SEAS TO 24 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM N
AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO
12 FT. S OF 25N BETWEEN 71W AND 75W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 25N W OF 75W E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT IN MIXED N
AND E SWELL E OF 68W. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 26N E OF
71W. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE
CONDITIONS WITH SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER EXPECTED WITHIN 150 NM
NE...120 NM SE...60 NM SW AND 110 NM NW QUADRANTS OF MARIA.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM N AND 120 M S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. S OF 26N W OF 73W E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF
BAHAMAS. N OF 26N W OF 73W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN
MIXED E TO SE SWELL W OF 75W. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS
WITHIN 270 NM OF MARIA.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM NATE NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR 20.0N
55 KT. NATE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AND DRIFT W TO NEAR
20.0N 94.3W THIS AFTERNOON...19.9N 95.4W TONIGHT...THEN MOVE
INLAND TO 19.8N 96.6W BY SUN AFTERNOON. A WEAK TROUGH IN THE
EASTERN GULF WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...N OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S
OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT.
.MON THROUGH WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY THROUGH MON...N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT SUN. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 16.0N 60.2W 1005 MB AT
GUSTS 50 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
NW TO 17.0N 61.5W THIS AFTERNOON...18.5N 64.0W TONIGHT BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA EARLY SUN. SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL
WAVE ALONG 77W WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN THIS
WEEKEND. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE FROM 17N37W TO 05N45W WILL MOVE
INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC MON AND REACH THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
TUE.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY THROUGH 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.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...W OF 82W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT.


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