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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 AM EDT FRI APR 16 2010

...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 CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM FROM A 1010 MB LOW
NEAR 18N58W SW TO JUST E OF DOMINICA WILL SLOWLY SHIFT E OF
AREA THROUGH SAT NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS S STRENGTHENING
THE WINDS ACROSS THE N PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH SUN THROUGH TUE AS THE HIGH MOVES
SE AND WEAKENS IN RESPONSE TO A TROUGH EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE FAR NW WATERS TUE.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT W OF 69W 5 TO 8 FT. S OF 14N NE TO
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E OF 65W VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT W OF 65W...AND 2 TO 3 FT E OF 65W. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 12N E OF 68W. ISOLATED SHOWERS
ELSEWHERE. .SAT THROUGH SUN...S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4
TO 7 FT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT N OF 16N VARIABLE 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF TROUGH S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 12N W OF 57W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG AND NW OF TROUGH.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 14N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8
FT IN N SWELL. S OF 14N N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN
MIXED N AND NE SWELL.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT N OF
15N 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.MON...N OF 16N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N
SWELL. S OF 16N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL.
.TUE...N OF 16N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN N SWELL.
S OF 16N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. WILL MOVE TO E OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA BY TONIGHT...THEN TO JUST E OF AREA BY SAT
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW WATERS. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE SUN. A
TROUGH WITH A POSSIBLE WEAK LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE E ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN WATERS AND THE BAHAMAS SUN AND MON...MERGE WITH
THE FRONT FROM 30N65W TO 25N71W TO WESTERN CUBA BY LATE
MON...THEN REACH THE FAR SE WATERS TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS S
ACROSS THE AREA.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 70W NW TO N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 27N W OF 70W
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE
SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT W OF 78W E 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN
NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS... AND 5 TO 7 FT W OF BAHAMAS EXCEPT W
OF 78W 7 TO 9 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM 23N TO 27N W OF 73W
AND SE PART. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 29N SW TO W WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST NE. FROM 25N TO 29N VARIABLE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. FROM 22N TO 25N
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 3
TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 22N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT. .SUN...N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT
BEHIND FRONT BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF 29N E OF
BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL.
W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...NW OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF 28N
E OF 78W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT N OF 28N E OF 78W
6 TO 8 FT. SE OF TROUGH TO 24N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF TROUGH S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG TROUGH.
.TUE...NW OF TROUGH TO 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. SE OF TROUGH SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF TROUGH.


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