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FZNT25 KNHC 240242
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 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 STATIONARY FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N73W TO THE NW
BAHAMAS WILL BE 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 FRI ALLOWING A SECOND COLD FRONT TO MOVE
OFF THE GEORGIA COAST...REACHING FROM 31N77W TO 24N80W 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 LATE MON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT MON NIGHT.
S OF 27N W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
KT MON NIGHT. 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 FAR NW LATE THU NIGHT. 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 NW TO N 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 NE TO SW RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE WESTERN
GULF THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN THU IN ADVANCE
OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE TEXAS COAST AND EXTENDING FROM
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI...AND MOVE SE OF AREA
BY SAT. A TROUGH WILL BUILD N OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS WED
NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT BECOMING ABSORBED BY THE COLD FRONT

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND 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...N OF 24N NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 24N NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.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...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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 7 FT.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NW TO N 15 KT 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 STORM RINA AT 16.4N 82.2W 1004 MB AT 8 PM
EDT MOVING N NW OR 335 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35
KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. RINA IS FORECAST STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT
GUSTS 50 KT NEAR 16.8N 82.6W AT 8 AM MON...FURTHER STRENGTHEN
TO 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT NEAR 17.3N 83.4W 8 PM MON...STRENGTHEN TO
NEAR 17.9N 86.2W AT 8 PM WED...BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE NEAR
FRI. 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 19N W OF 81W...
...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 17N W
OF 85W THU AND FRI...
.TONIGHT AND MON...WITHIN 60 NM OVER W SEMICIRCLE OF RINA
MAXIMUM WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 50 KT LATE TONIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF
19N W OF 82W N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. S OF 15N
BETWEEN 77W AND 82W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
REMAINDER AREA N OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. REMAINDER AREA S OF 18N SE TO S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 22N BETWEEN 79W AND 85W.
.MON NIGHT AND TUE...WITHIN 70 NM N AND WITHIN 60 NM S
SEMICIRCLES OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT
INCREASING TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.
ELSEWHERE W OF 81W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF 81W
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS W
OF 81W.
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...WITHIN 80 NM N AND WITHIN 70 NM S
SEMICIRCLES OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 55 KT GUSTS TO 65 KT
INCREASING TO 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
ELSEWHERE W OF 83W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF 83W
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS W OF 82W.
.THU AND FRI...WITHIN 90 NM N AND WITHIN 70 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF
RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT.
ELSEWHERE W OF 84W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. E OF 84W
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS W OF 83W.

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