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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1130 AM EDT TUE SEP 06 2011

...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 WAVE ENTERS TROPICAL N ATLC N OF 13N TODAY
AND MOVES NW THROUGH PUERTO RICO THU. LOW PRES SYSTEM ENTERS
TROPICAL N ATLC ALONG 15N EARLY FRI...POSSIBLY AS A TROPICAL
CYCLONE...AND APPROACHES THE ISLANDS SAT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WED NIGHT...S OF 15N W OF 65W NE TO E
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS E OF 65W.
.THU...W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF
70W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...W OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF
15N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT EXCEPT
TO 8 FT IN ATLC PASSAGES. S OF 15N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 15N E
OF 70W.
.SAT...W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E
SWELL N OF 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W AND 2 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. N
OF 15N E OF 65W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. S
OF 15N E OF 65W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 15N E OF 65W.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 17N W OF 60W S TO SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. N OF 17N E OF 60W E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT
BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT TONIGHT. S OF 17N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 15N E OF 60W.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT. S OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 15N.
.THU...N OF 15N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS E TO SE WINDS 15 KT
BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT
IN E SWELL LATE. N OF 15N W OF 60W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
8 TO 12 FT. S OF 15N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6
FT. .FRI...N OF 19N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. FROM
13N TO 19N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NE
SWELL. S OF 13N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING S LATE. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT IN NE SWELL. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS N OF 15N.
.SAT...N OF 16N W OF 60W E TO SE 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.
ELSEWHERE N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT
IN NE SWELL. S OF 15N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS
SQUALLS AND TSTMS N OF 16N.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE KATIA NEAR 27.0N 65.9W 954 MB AT 1500 UTC
SEP 06 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. CENTER OF KATIA WILL REACH 27.9N 67.0W
TUE EVENING...29.2N 68.5W WED MORNING AND 30.9N 69.6W WED
EVENING BEFORE MOVING N OF AREA OVERNIGHT WED NIGHT. A WEAK
COLD FRONT ENTERS FAR NW WATERS TONIGHT AND DISSIPATES THERE
BY THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ZONE IN THE WAKE OF KATIA
THU THROUGH SAT.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 24N E OF 72W...
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THU...TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 180 NM OF CENTER OF KATIA. HIGHEST WINDS 105 GUSTS
TO 130 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 390 NM N AND 210 NM S
SEMICIRCLES OF KATIA. HIGHEST SEAS TO 45 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N
E OF 75W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 28N W OF 77W
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT THU.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL WED THROUGH
THU. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N W OF 75W S WINDS 10 KT BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT TONIGHT THROUGH THU EXCEPT BECOMING NW 10
TO 15 KT N OF BAHAMAS E OF 78W WED NIGHT AND THU. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT E OF 78W WED THROUGH THU EXCEPT 1 FT
W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 24N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT
EXCEPT 2 FT W OF BAHAMAS. NUMEROUS SQUALLS N OF 22N E OF 75W
NEAR KATIA. .FRI...N OF 28N E OF 76W SW TO W WINDS TO 33 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF 70W W TO NW 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL EXCEPT 1 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
REMAINDER OF AREA SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT IN N
SWELL. .SAT...E OF 75W SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. W
OF 75W N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S
OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT S OF 22N
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 1 FT W OF BAHAMAS.


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