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FZNT26 KNHC 171507
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010

...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 CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALONG
68W/69W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY AND
INTO THE W CARIBBEAN WED AND THU THEN W OF THE AREA THU NIGHT.
SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WAVE. NEXT
TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THU
EVENING AND ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 15N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS TO 10 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 70W THIS SHIFTING W.
.WED...N OF 15N E OF 80W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.
ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 70W.
.WED NIGHT AND THU...W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT. N OF 14N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. S OF 14N E OF 70W WINDS E TO SE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WED NIGHT...N OF 11N NE TO E WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 11N E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT.
.THU THROUGH SAT...N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. S OF 15N WINDS E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NE
TO E SAT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING TROUGH FROM 31N65W TO 28N78W WILL DRIFT N
AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD SW INTO
THE AREA TO THE NW BAHAMAS TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN FRI AND SAT AS A
FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES JUST N OF THE AREA. N END OF TROPICAL WAVE
OVER THE FAR SE PORTION PF THE AREA WILL MOVE W ACROSS THE
GREATER ANTILLES AND SOUTHERN WATERS REACHING THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA WED EVENING. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS TROPICAL WAVE ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 24N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 4 FT. S OF 24N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT S OF 22N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF
24N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONTAL. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS SE PORTIONS SPREADING W-NW THROUGH TONIGHT.
.WED THROUGH THU...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO
20 KT S OF 24N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...S OF 26N WINDS NE TO E 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E
OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. FROM 26N TO 28N
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 28N SW TO W
WINDS 5 TO 10 FT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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