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FZNT26 KNHC 220932
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 PM EDT THU OCT 21 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 STORM RICHARD AT 16.0N 80.3W 1005 MB AT 5
AM EDT NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS
TO 45 KT. RICHARD WILL STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR
15.9N 80.8W THIS AFTERNOON...STRENGTHEN TO 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT
NEAR 15.9N 81.5W LATE TONIGHT...STRENGTHEN TO 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT
NEAR 16.0N 83.0W SAT AFTERNOON. RICHARD IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE WITH 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT NEAR 17.5N 87.5W LATE SUN
NIGHT THEN MOVE INLAND WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR
19.0N 90.0W LATE MON NIGHT...AND ENTER THE GULF OF MEXICO AS A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR 21.0N 91.5W LATE TUE NIGHT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.TODAY THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...N OF 16N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. S OF 16N NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TODAY THROUGH SUN...N OF 12N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT. S OF 12N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON AND TUE...N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8
FT. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH FROM 31N65W TO THE NW BAHAMAS WILL MOVE TO
28N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS FRI NIGHT AND WILL BE OUT OF AREA
SAT NIGHT. THE EASTERLY TRADES INCREASE SAT AND SUN AS A RIDGE
BUILDS E TO W ALONG 33N. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT SE MON AND EXTEND
FROM BERMUDA TO NW BAHAMAS ON TUE.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL. N OF 27N E OF TROUGH SW TO W WINDS
10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS NE TO
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TONIGHT. S OF 27N E OF BAHAMAS SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS E OF TROUGH.
.SAT...N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF
27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT W OF 75W. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT
E OF BAHAMAS AND 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL E
OF BAHAMAS AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.TUE...N OF 27N W OF 73W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5
FT. N OF 27N E OF 73W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT
IN E SWELL. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT
IN E SWELL EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS.

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