000 FZNT26 KNHC 230914 OFFN05 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 514 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN CUBA TO NORTHERN COSTA RICA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN REACHING FROM NEAR NW HAITI TO 12N79W EARLY TONIGHT...AND FROM HAITI TO 12N79W BY EARLY TUE EVENING THEN LINGER AS FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE N CENTRAL WATERS THROUGH THU AS IT BEGINS TO MOVE BACK W. FRESH TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH TUE. WINDS BECOME NE AND E AND INCREASE IN THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS W OF HISPANIOLA BEGINNING TUE AFTERNOON AND INTO FRI AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS. ELSEWHERE LIGHT EASTERLY TRADES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRI. .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO EASTERN CUBA WILL REACH A POSITION FROM NEAR 31N68W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY TONIGHT...FROM NEAR 26N65W TO HAITI BY EARLY TUE EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH OVER THE SE WATERS LATE WED AND THU AS IT BEGINS TO MOVE BACK W INTO FRI. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH WED. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E FROM FLORIDA ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS WED AND THU...AND TO THE FAR NE PORTION FRI. NE TO E WINDS INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION BEGINNING LATE WED AND INTO FRI. .TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .WED...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.