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FZNT26 KNHC 180942
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT WED AUG 18 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...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FROM E
TIP OF CUBA S TO COLOMBIA WILL CROSS 80W LATE WED AFTERNOON...
REACH 85W THU MORNING AND EXIT THE W CARIBBEAN LATE FRI
MORNING. A LOW LEVEL WIND SURGE AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SQUALLS AND TSTMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WAVE ACROSS THE THE N
HALF OF THE BASIN. A LOW LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE W ACROSS THE
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT AND ACROSS THE E
CARIBBEAN FRI AND FRI NIGHT. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY
OVER THE E ATLC WILL REACH THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS SAT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.TODAY...W OF 64W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 20
KT E OF 70W LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 15 KT
BECOMING NE TO E LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SQUALLS AND
TSTMS N OF 15N W OF 70W.
.TONIGHT AND THU...W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT THIS
EVENING DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT THU MORNING. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT
EARLY SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 6 FT THU. E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15 KT
EARLY BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE
10 TO 15 KT BEHIND TROUGH SAT AND SUN. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 15N NE WINDS 15 TO LOCALLY 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
.THU THROUGH FRI...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
E TO SE 10 KT BEHIND TROUGH AXIS EARLY FRI. SEAS 5 FT. S OF
15N WINDS E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT BEHIND TROUGH
AXIS EARLY FRI. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT AND SUN...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO
SE WINDS BEHIND TROPICAL WAVE LATE SUN. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. S OF
15N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY
S THROUGH FRI BEFORE WEAKENING AS A FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES OFF
THE SE U.S. AND NEAR FAR NW PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE CREST OF
A STRONG CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE WILL SCRAPE ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH TROPICAL WAVE
MOVING W OF 80W THU MORNING. INCREASING WIND AND SEAS ALONG
AND BEHIND WAVE AXIS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WATERS TODAY
AND TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SQUALLS AND TSTMS.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY THROUGH THU NIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT
BECOMING SW TO W THU. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. FROM 24N TO 27N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 2 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S
OF 24N E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AHEAD OF TROPICAL
WAVE AXIS...AND E TO SE WINDS 20 TO LOCALLY 25 KT BEHIND WAVE
AXIS...DIMINISHING TO 15 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING 4 TO 6 FT
E OF 76W AND 3 TO 4 FT W OF 76W. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR
SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 23N THROUGH THU.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT LEE OF BAHAMAS. FROM 26N TO 28N
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 28N SW TO W
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN N SWELL.

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