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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 PM EDT MON SEP 19 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...WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N73W TO 29N78W WILL
DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRES CENTERED N OF AREA WILL MOVE
S WITH A RIDGE SW ALONG 31N LATE THU THROUGH SAT AS
INTENSIFYING LOW PRES...OR POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...MOVES
THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W
OF 76W...AND 3 TO 4 FT E OF 76W. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...EXCEPT BETWEEN BAHAMAS AND HISPANIOLA 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS...AND 3 TO 5 FT E OF BAHAMAS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 24N E OF 76W...AND N OF 27N W
OF 77W. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY W PORTION.
.FRI AND SAT...N OF 27N W OF 72W WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT
LATE FRI. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 22N E OF BAHAMAS TO
69W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 22N E OF 69W NE
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST SE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR SE PART.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT NEARING THE TEXAS COAST WILL
STALL ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE TUE...WHILE A
WEAK TROUGH ALONG ABOUT 90W ACROSS THE S CENTRAL GULF ALSO
DISSIPATES THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A TROUGH ACROSS THE W CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE W ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY THU AND
THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND
SE GULF THU THROUGH FRI. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
NE GULF FRI AND MERGE WITH THE N PORTIONS OF THE TROUGH ACROSS
THE NE GULF AND FLORIDA PENINSULA FRI AND SAT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT LATE. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE THROUGH WED...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT TUE NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT TUE NIGHT.
.WED NIGHT THROUGH THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE
WINDS THU NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT FRI AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED...N OF 27N E WINDS NEAR 10 KT BECOMING E
TO SE WINDS TUE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N E
WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT TUE NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE
NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT TUE NIGHT.
.WED THROUGH THU...N OF 26N VARIABLE MAINLY E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
BECOMING NE TO E WINDS THU NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N E
WINDS 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA
BECOMING E TO SE 10 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 6
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND SUBSIDING LATE THU NIGHT.
.FRI AND SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NW TO N WINDS
LATE FRI NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL STRENGTHEN SOME
THEN BUILD S ACROSS THE NORTHERN TROPICAL N ATLC THU THROUGH
SAT. LOW PRES IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLC IS FORECAST TO TRACK
WESTWARD WITH THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY INTO A TROPICAL
CYCLONE AS IT ENTERS THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL N ATLANTIC EARLY
ON FRI...AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SAT.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT...E OF 84W N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. W
OF 84W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS ENTIRE AREA.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT S OF 18N
E OF 78W INCREASING TO 15 KT WED NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT
S OF 18N E OF 80W BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT WED NIGHT.
.THU THROUGH SAT...S OF 18N E OF 80W E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT E OF 78W INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...EXCEPT E OF 78W BUILDING TO 4 O 6 FT SAT. ELSEWHERE E
TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE FRI. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.


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