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FZNT25 KNHC 241505
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 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...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
.THIS AFTERNOON 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...NE TO SW RIDGE 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
.THIS AFTERNOON 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. 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
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 BUILDING 5 TO 7 FT TONIGHT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 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 17.1N 82.9W 1001 MB AT 1500
UTC MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT
WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. RINA WILL MOVE TO 17.4N 83.4W TONIGHT AND
NEAR 17.6N 84.0W TUE THEN STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE NEAR 17.8N
84.8W TUE NIGHT AND NEAR 18.1N 85.7W WED TO 19.2N 87.0W THU
AND TO 20.5N 87.0W FRI.
A TROUGH OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WILL CONTINUE MOVING W AND
ENTER THE E CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY AND INTO THE S CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN WED AND INTO THE SW CARIBBEAN THU.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE WARNING N OF 16N W OF 82W...
.THIS AFTERNOON...WITHIN 60 NM NE AND SW...40 NM S S SEMICIRCLE
AND 75 NM NW QUADRANTS OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS INCREASING TO 40
KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 19N W OF
80W N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 2 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N 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.
NUMEROUS TSTMS W OF 80W.
.TONIGHT AND TUE...WITHIN 90 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF
RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT INCREASING TO 60 KT
WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT TUE. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 81W
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. E OF 81W E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS W OF 81W.
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...WITHIN 100 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN 80
NM SW AND 75 NM SW QUADRANTS WINDS 70 KT GUSTS TO 85 KT
INCREASING TO 80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT WED. SEAS 12 FT OR
GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO
19 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 83W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
E OF 83W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS W
OF 82W. .THU AND FRI...WITHIN 110 NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE
QUADRANT 75 NM SW QUADRANT AND 100 NM NW QUADRANT OF RINA
MAXIMUM WINDS 80 KT GUSTS TO 100 KT. SEAS 12 OR GREATER WITHIN
AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 20 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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