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FZNT26 KNHC 220922
OFFN05
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM EST WED DEC 22 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...COLD FRONT FROM 21N55W TO 17N61W WILL MOVE E OF 55W
LATER TODAY. LARGE NW TO N SWELLS WILL SPREAD INTO THE TROPICAL
N ATLC WATERS WED THROUGH FRI AND PROPAGATE THROUGH THE ATLC
PASSAGES OF THE NE CARIBBEAN. LOW PRES PASSING S OF BARBADOS
WILL DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES W INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
OVERNIGHT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.TODAY THROUGH THU NIGHT...N OF 15N E OF 64W NE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN NE PASSAGES WED NIGHT AND THU.
.FRI AND SAT...S OF 15N W OF 66W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
BUILDING 6 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL FAR NE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS S OF 15N.
.SUN...W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. E OF 70W E
TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TODAY THROUGH SAT...N OF 17N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS
10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NW SWELL BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT THU
AND FRI.
.SUN...N OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN
NW SWELL. S OF 18N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW
SWELL.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO WATERS N OF 29N
EARLY THU AND EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS THU
AND FROM 22N65W TO HISPANIOLA FRI THEN DISSIPATE EARLY SAT.
HIGH PRES WILL AGAIN BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA FRI INTO SAT
THEN MOVES E OF AREA LATE SAT AS A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA SUN.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 70W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30
KT. SEAS 14 TO 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 TO 16 FT WED NIGHT. N OF
27N W OF 70W W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW
SWELL BETWEEN 70W AND 75W AND 5 TO 8 FT W OF 75W. S OF 27N E OF
BAHAMAS NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW TO N
SWELL. W OF BAHAMAS N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...N OF FRONT E OF 73W NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. N OF FRONT W OF 73W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
EXCEPT W OF 77W BECOMING N TO NE 15 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT
IN N SWELL. S OF FRONT E OF BAHAMAS NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF FRONT W OF BAHAMAS N TO NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
IN N FACING PASSAGES.
.FRI...N OF 28N E OF 70W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 14 TO
18 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 27N W OF 77W NE TO E WINDS 10 KT
BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 FT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT
SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE E OF BAHAMAS N WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL. W OF BAHAMAS NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT IN N FACING
PASSAGES.
.SAT...W OF FRONT NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO
14 FT. WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING
TO 25 TO 30 KT WITHIN 150 NM OF FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT BUILDING
TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE E OF BAHAMAS VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT EXCEPT S OF 23N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12
FT IN N SWELL. W OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT AHEAD OF FRONT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT EXCEPT
4 TO 6 FT IN N FACING PASSAGES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD OF
FRONT. .SUN...N OF 23N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 23N SE TO S WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

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