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FZNT25 KNHC 240857
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT MON OCT 24 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 COLD FRONT IN THE FAR NW WATERS 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
SHIFT E FRI ALLOWING A SECOND COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE
GEORGIA COAST FRI.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N AND INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT BEHIND COLD FRONT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND
FRONT. N OF 24N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...BECOMING S TO SW N OF 27N TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF
24N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.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 THE E 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
FRI.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...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
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
BUILDING 4 TO 7 FT TONIGHT.
.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 16.7N 82.3W 1003 MB AT 0900
UTC MOVING N NW OR 330 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35
KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. RINA IS FORECAST STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT
GUSTS 50 KT AND MOVE TO NEAR 10.0N 82.9W AT 2 PM...FURTHER
STRENGTHEN TO 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT NEAR 17.4N 83.6W 2 AM
TUE...STRENGTHEN TO 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT NEAR 17.5N 84.3W AT 2
PM TUE...55 KT GUSTS 65 KT NEAR 17.6N 85.0W AT 2 AM WED...60 KT
HURRICANE NEAR 19.5N 87.0W AT 2 AM FRI...AND REACH NEAR 20.5N
A TROUGH OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WILL CONTINUE MOVING W AND
ENTER THE E CARIBBEAN TODAY...THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WED AND
MERGE INTO THE MONSOON TROUGH IN THE SW CARIBBEAN THU.

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 84W THU AND FRI...
.TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM NE AND SW...40 NM SE...AND 80 NM NW
QUADRANTS OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 50 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 19N W OF
80W N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N
BETWEEN E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. REMAINDER
AREA N OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS TSTMS W OF 80W.
.TONIGHT AND TUE...WITHIN 80 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 TUE. 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. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER IN AND NEAR 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 75 KT WED NIGHT. 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. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER IN AND NEAR 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. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN
AND NEAR SCATTERED TSTMS W OF 83W.

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