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FZNT25 KNHC 232110
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST 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 BROAD FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA
WILL MEANDER TILL ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT MON. THE COLD FRONT
WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO THE SE BAHAMAS EARLY TUE...AND MOVE
E OF AREA WED. AN E TO W RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG 32N WED NIGHT
AND THU...THEN WEAKEN THU NIGHT ALLOWING A SECOND COLD FRONT
TO MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST...REACHING FROM 31N71W TO 23N81W
LATE FRI NIGHT.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...N OF 27N W OF FRONTAL TROUGH N TO
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND COLD
FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT MON NIGHT. S OF 27N
W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF TROUGH E
TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL.
.TUE...W OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. N
OF 27N E OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. S OF
27N E OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE
SWELL. .TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL.
.WED...N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E
SWELL. S OF 27N E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...N OF 27N W OF 76W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT SHIFTING TO N
BEHIND SECOND COLD FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 27N E OF 76W E
TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 27N E
TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL.
.FRI...NW OF COLD FRONT NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N
OF 27N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. S
OF 27N E OF FRONT SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2
TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A N TO S RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF
THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN THU IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE TEXAS THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI AND BEGIN
TO SLOW AND WEAKEN OVER THE SE WATERS LATE FRI NIGHT. A TROUGH
WILL BUILD N OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS WED NIGHT THROUGH
THU NIGHT BECOMING ABSORBED BY THE COLD FRONT FRI.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT AND MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON NIGHT...N OF 26N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S
OF 26N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL.
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT
WITH NE SWELL.
.THU...N OF 25N SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE THU NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 25N W OF TROUGH NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR TROUGH.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. A FEW TSTMS
NEAR FRONT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
KT LATE MON. SEAS 2 TO 4 BUILDING 4 TO 7 FT MON NIGHT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT SHIFTING TO NW FRI NIGHT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN AT 15.9N 81.9W 1005 MB
WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST
STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM WITH WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT
NEAR 16.4N 82.2W TONIGHT...FURTHER STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT GUSTS 50
KT NEAR 16.8N 82.9W MON AFTERNOON...STRENGTHEN TO 45 KT GUSTS
TO 55 KT NEAR 17.0N 83.5W MON NIGHT...AND 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT
NEAR 17.1N 84.3W TUE AFTERNOON...REACH NEAR 17.3N 86.0W WED
AFTERNOON...17.7N 87.0W THU AFTERNOON...AND NEAR 19.0N 88.0W
FRI AFTERNOON.
A TROUGH S OF 15N ALONG 61W TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE MOVING W
TO THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WED AND MERGE INTO THE MONSOON
TROUGH IN THE SW CARIBBEAN THU AND FRI.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 20N W OF 81W...
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM N AND 45 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN WINDS 20 TO 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT INCREASING
TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
ELSEWHERE E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. W
OF 84W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS S OF 21N BETWEEN 79W AND 85W.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...WITHIN 75 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF
TROPICAL STORM EIGHTEEN WINDS 30 TO 40 KT GUSTS TO 50 KT
INCREASING TO 35 TO 44 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 8 TO
13 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 19N W OF 81W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT. S OF 19N E OF 81W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. N OF 19N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 21N W OF 80W.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...WITHIN 90 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF
TROPICAL STORM EIGHTEEN WINDS 35 TO 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. SEAS
10 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 81W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. S OF 20N E OF 81W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 22N W OF 80W.
.WED THROUGH FRI...WITHIN 90 NM OF CENTER TROPICAL STORM
EIGHTEEN WINDS 35 TO 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
ELSEWHERE S OF 21N W OF 82W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
S OF 21N E OF 82W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N
OF 21N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS S OF 22N W OF 82W.

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