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FZNT25 KNHC 250310
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 PM 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 WEAK COLD FRONT IN THE FAR NW WATERS WILL BE
REINFORCED BY A SECONDARY SURGE TONIGHT AND WILL REACH FROM
BERMUDA TO THE SE BAHAMAS EARLY TUE...THEN 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...AND REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO NW CUBA LATE

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT. N OF 24N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5
FT. S OF 24N E OF FRONT E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT
EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. 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 26N E OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. S OF
26N 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 72W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE NE
TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL.
.WED...S OF 25N W OF 71W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.WED NIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E
SWELL. S OF 27N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT EXCEPT 4 TO
6 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.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 SHIFTING TO SE TO S
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.FRI...NW OF COLD FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT LATE FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SAT...NW OF COLD FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S
OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 3
FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE NW GULF WATERS
WILL SHIFT N OF AREA TUE WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING NE TO SW OVER
THE NW PORTIONS THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN EARLY
THU IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE
THU. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE E
BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI NIGHT...AND MOVE SE OF AREA SAT. HURRICANE

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 85W AND 88W
THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF
27N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE THROUGH WED...N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. S OF 27N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED NIGHT...N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU THROUGH SAT...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
SPREADING N ACROSS WATERS S OF 23N BETWEEN 85W AND 88W. HIGHEST
WINDS 85 KT GUSTS TO 105 KT DIMINISHING TO 75 KT GUSTS TO 90 KT
LATE FRI...AND 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT LATE SAT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT.
ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 33 KT
OVER WATERS S OF 25N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING 7 TO 11 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOPING S OF 24N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 24N BETWEEN 82W AND 85W
FRI NIGHT AND SAT...
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
SPREADING N ACROSS WATERS S OF 24N BETWEEN 82W AND 85W. HIGHEST
WINDS 75 KT GUSTS TO 90 KT DIMINISHING TO 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT
LATE SAT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT...AND INCREASING TO 20 TO
33 KT OVER WATERS S OF 26N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING 7 TO 11
FT. ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT AND SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOPING
S OF 24N.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE RINA AT 17.2N 83.3W 985 MB AT 8 PM MOVING
W NW OR 295 DEG AT 3 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 85 KT. RINA WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TO
17.9N 85.6W 8 AM WED...NEAR 18.7N 86.3W AT 8 PM WED...THEN
LOW PRES 12.5N 64.5W WILL MOVE W NW...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION...REACHING NEAR 13N69W TUE
EVENING...NEAR 14N74W WED EVENING...PASS S OF JAMAICA THE
EVENING...PASS NEAR CAYMAN ISLANDS FRI EVENING AND APPROACH
TROPICAL CYCLONE RINA SAT EVENING .

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 21N W OF 81W...
.TONIGHT AND TUE...WITHIN 100 NM NW AND 75 NM SW QUADRANTS AND
AND 60 NM E SEMICIRCLE OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 70 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 85 KT...INCREASING TO 75 KT GUSTS TO 90 KT EARLY TUE AND 90
KT GUSTS TO 110 KT TUE EVENING. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT WITHIN 90 NM
N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER. ELSEWHERE W OF 81W WINDS
20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. E OF 81W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS IN BANDS W OF 82W.
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...WITHIN 90 NM N AND 80 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF
RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 100 KT WITH GUSTS TO 120 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18
FT WITHIN 120 NM N AND 75 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER.
ELSEWHERE W OF 83W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. E OF
83W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS W OF
83W. .THU THROUGH SAT...WITHIN 100 NM N AND 90 NM S
SEMICIRCLES OF RINA MAXIMUM WINDS 85 KT WITH GUSTS TO 105
KT...DIMINISHING TO 75 KT GUSTS TO 90 KT FRI EVENING...AND
FURTHER DIMINISHING TO 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT SAT EVENING. SEAS
12 TO 21 FT WITHIN 150 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER.
ELSEWHERE W OF 83W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. E OF
83W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS

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