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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 PM EDT TUE NOV 02 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...TROPICAL STORM TOMAS NEAR 13.7N 75.1W AT 0300 UTC
PRES 1006 MB MOVING W NW AT 7 KT. TOMAS WILL CONTINUE AS A
TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO 14.0N 75.9W WED MORNING...TO
14.4N 76.5W WED EVENING...THEN TO 15.0N 76.6W THU MORNING.
TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES TO
16.0N 76.0W THU EVENING...THEN WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS
IT REACHES 19.0N 73.9W FRI EVENING. TOMAS WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES OVER OR NEAR HAITI REACHING 22.0N 71.5W SAT EVENING THEN
WILL FURTHER WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT REACHES 22.5N
69.5W SUN EVENING.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 13N TO 17N W OF 73W...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THU NIGHT AND FRI N OF 15N W
OF 72W...
.TONIGHT THROUGH THU...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 13N TO
16N W OF 73W. HIGHEST WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT INCREASING TO
50 KT GUSTS 60 KT WED NIGHT THEN INCREASING TO 60 KT GUSTS 75
KT THU. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 18 FT BUILDING TO 24 FT WED NIGHT
THEN BUILDING TO 26 FT THU. ELSEWHERE W OF 70W WINDS 20 TO 33
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. E OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 180 NM OF TOMAS.
.THU NIGHT AND FRI...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 15N W OF 72W. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER
WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 28 FT.
ELSEWHERE W OF 65W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. E OF 65W
E TO SE WIND 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS
WITHIN 180 NM OF TOMAS.
.SAT...W OF 68W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. E
OF 68W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SUN...W OF 68W W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF
68W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TONIGHT AND WED...N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15
TO 20 KT N OF 20N W OF 60W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. FROM
12N TO 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. S
OF 12N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 15N.
.WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT
15 TO 20 KT N OF 15N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT N OF 15N.
.FRI AND SAT...N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT E OF 60W SAT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 15N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT EXCEPT SE TO S 20 KT W OF 60W. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL W OF 60W.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT BETWEEN 30N AND 31N WILL
DISSIPATE BY WED NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE
FLORIDA COAST THU. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N77W TO SE
FLORIDA THU NIGHT...FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI
AFTERNOON... FROM 31N68W TO JUST N OF TOMAS SAT MORNING THEN E
OF THE AREA BY SUN AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM TOMAS...CURRENTLY
IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...IS FORECAST TO BE A HURRICANE AS IT
ENTERS THE AREA NEAR 21.0N 72.5W SAT AFTERNOON...THEN WILL
WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 22.5N 70.5W BY
SUN AFTERNOON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND 74W
LATE FRI AND SAT...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL LATE. FROM 25N TO 27N E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 3 FT W
OF BAHAMAS. FROM 21N TO 25N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 21N NE TO E
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E OF 72W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT
20 TO 25 KT S OF 21N. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 24N W OF 72W SE TO S
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 28N W OF 77W.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF
24N W OF 72W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT S OF 21N.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS EXCEPT
TO 8 FT NEAR WINDWARD PASSAGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW
PART WED NIGHT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SE OF FRONT E OF BAHAMAS SE TO S
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO SW WITHIN 180 NM AHEAD OF FRONT.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA E OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT BECOMING S 15 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 21N BETWEEN 72W AND
74W. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 69W AND 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT W OF BAHAMAS. REMAINDER OF
AREA E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. W
OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 4
TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND
74W. ELSEWHERE S OF 24N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20
TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 6 TO 9 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM 20N TO 24N
BETWEEN 68W AND 72W. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS
10 TO 15 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 6 TO 9 FT W OF BAHAMAS. N OF 25N N
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NE SWELL NE OF BAHAMAS
AND 6 TO 8 FT SW OF BAHAMAS.


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