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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
514 AM EDT WED APR 25 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 TROUGH FROM HISPANIOLA TO COLOMBIA WILL MOVE W AND
EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO 13N76W BY LATE
TONIGHT...FROM EASTERN CUBA TO 13N80W BY THU NIGHT...THEN BEGIN
TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO 13N82W FRI...AND
FROM WESTERN CUBA TO THE NORTHERN WATER OF THE NW CARIBBEAN SAT.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA OVER THE WESTERN
ATLC...ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO INCREASE FROM E OF THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

.SYNOPSIS...A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM 26N65W TO 19N69W WILL
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY FRI. THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL
WEAKEN TO A TROUGH THAT MOVES BACK W ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS
REACHING FROM THE SE BAHAMAS TO EASTERN CUBA THU...FROM CENTRAL
BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI...AND FROM VICINITY WESTERN BAHAMAS
TO WESTERN CUBA SAT AND SUN. HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO WILL SHIFT E TO WESTERN PORTION TODAY...AND TO THE FAR NE
PORTION BY LATE TONIGHT. BY THU A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT N TO 29N SAT
AND TO 30N SUN. A TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND
TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION
THROUGH THE PERIOD.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.