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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 PM EDT WED OCT 26 2011

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) 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...WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES ALONG 31N WILL SHIFT
E OF AREA FRI NIGHT ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE
GEORGIA COAST. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO
WESTERN CUBA LATE SAT NIGHT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND BEGIN
TO WEAKEN FROM NEAR 29N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE SUN INTO MON.
LOW PRES MAY FORM ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT MON.
HURRICANE RINA CURRENTLY IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST
TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE IT MOVES ACROSS NW CUBA
LATE SAT THROUGH MON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT IN N TO NE E OF 72W. WITHIN 90 NM N OF
FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 27N
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT W
OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ANS ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 26N.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 76W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
...EXCEPT OVER FAR NW PART SHIFTING TO N 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 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 3 TO 5 FT
W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 26N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF 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 E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO
3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG
FRONT.
.SAT AND SUN...NW OF COLD FRONT WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 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... EXCEPT OVER FAR SW PORTION BECOMING E TO SE 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT SW OF BAHAMAS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS INCREASING FAR SW PART.
.MON...N OF 27N W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT. S OF 27N W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT W
OF BAHAMAS BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 70W S OF 25N WINDS
BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF 70W N OF
25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 28N E 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT N OF 28N BUILDING 8 TO 10 FT IN NW TO
N SWELL.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE WILL EXTEND NE TO SW OVER THE NW WATERS
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN THU IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT THAT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE THU AFTERNOON OR
EARLY EVENING. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI NIGHT THEN BEGIN TO
INTERACT WITH HURRICANE RINA IS CURRENTLY IN THE NW CARIBBEAN
SEA. RINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO 20.0N 86.9W THU
AFTERNOON...THEN INLAND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AT 21.4N 86.9W
LATE THU NIGHT...WHILE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL STORM. RINA
WILL THEN MOVE TO JUST N OF THE YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 22.5N
86.5W BY FRI AFTERNOON AND TURN SHARPLY SE TO NEAR 23.0N 84.5W
SAT AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND NW CUBA LATE SAT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 24N E OF 88W...
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF
26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT
YUCATAN CHANNEL AND VICINITY 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS WED
NIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT YUCATAN
CHANNEL AND VICINITY 8 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS SE
PORTION.
.THU THROUGH SAT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM E
AND 70 NM W SEMICIRCLES. HIGHEST WINDS 60 KT GUSTS TO 75 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT SAT...AND TO N TO NE 20 TO 25
KT W OF 86W LATE SAT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 21 FT SE PART NEAR YUCATAN
CHANNEL...SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 9 FT W OF 86W LATE SAT.
ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25
KT LATE SAT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE SAT.
N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6
TO 9 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS S OF 25N...SHIFTING TO E OF 86W LATE
SAT.
.SUN AND MON...WINDS BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 25N THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...
.TONIGHT...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 AND THU NIGHT...N OF 26N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT N OF 28N S TO SW 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N
WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 23N W OF 84W
INCREASING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THU NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT SW PART...EXCEPT S OF 23N W OF 84W
BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT THU NIGHT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS
SPREADING FROM S TO N OVER THE S PORTION.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EARLY S OF 25N W OF
84W...THEN BECOMING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. SEAS 12 FT OR
GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE S
OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT S OF 26N 20 TO 33
KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT S OF 26N 8 TO 12 FT. N
OF 26N WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS OF 25N.
.SAT AND SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND SEAS 12 FT OR
GREATER EXPECTED S OF 25N...SHIFTING TO FAR E PORTION LATE.
ELSEWHERE S OF 26N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT...EXCEPT W OF 84W
DIMINISHING TO N TO NE 20 TO 25 KT LATE SUN. SEAS 8 TO 12
FT...EXCEPT W OF 84W SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT LATE SUN. N OF 26N
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO NE 15 KT SUN. SEAS
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT SUN. NUMEROUS
SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 25N...BECOMING MORE CONCENTRATED SE
PORTION SUN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS FROM 25N TO
26N.
.MON...WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT FROM 26N TO 28N.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
MOVING NW AT 05 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS TO 90
KT. RINA WILL MOVE TO 18.7N 86.2W LATE TONIGHT...NEAR 20.0N
86.9W THU AFTERNOON...THEN INLAND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AT
21.4N 86.9W LATE THU NIGHT WHILE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL
STORM. RINA WILL THEN MOVE TO JUST N OF THE YUCATAN CHANNEL
NEAR 22.5N 86.5W BY FRI AFTERNOON AND TURN SHARPLY SE TO NEAR
23.0N 84.5W SAT AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND NW CUBA LATE
SAT.
A TROUGH ALONG 74W WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA THROUGH SAT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IT DEVELOPING
INTO A LOW.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 16N W OF 84W...
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 70 NM N SEMICIRCLE
...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 80 NM SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT
GUSTS TO 90 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 100 NM OF CENTER.
HIGHEST SEAS 23 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 IN BANDS W OF 82W.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80
NM E AND 70 NM W SEMICIRCLES. HIGHEST WINDS 70 KT GUSTS TO 85
KT... DIMINISHING TO 60 KT GUSTS TO 75 KT LATE THU NIGHT. SEAS
12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 100 E SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM W
SEMICIRCLE. HIGHEST SEAS 22 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 83W WINDS 20 TO
33 KT...DIMINISHING TO NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT FRI NIGHT S OF 19N.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT... SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT FRI NIGHT...EXCEPT N
OF 20N 6 TO 8 FT. E OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS W OF 83W...SHIFTING TO N
OF 19N FRI NIGHT.
.SAT AND SUN...W OF 83W W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N OF
21N BETWEEN 83W AND 84W SW TO W 35 TO 45 KT AND W TO NW 35 TO
50 KT BETWEEN 84W AND 86W. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT FROM 18N TO
20N 8 TO 12 FT...AND N OF 20N 12 TO 15 FT. E OF 83W E TO SE
WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT S OF
17N...AND 2 TO 3 FT N OF 17N.
.MON...W OF 83W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N OF 21N
BETWEEN 83W AND 85W W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12
FT...HIGHEST N OF 19N. E OF 83W S OF 17N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF 83W N OF 17N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT.


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