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FZNT26 KNHC 131543
OFFN05

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1143 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...AT 11 AM AST...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.1 WEST AND IS MOVING TO THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 8 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND MOST OF THE
LOCAL WATERS. MAINLAND PUERTO RICO AND THE NEAR-SHORE
WATERS...AS WELL AS THE MONA PASSAGE ARE UNDER A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH. FREQUENT SQUALLS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS
30 TO 35 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
8 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 45 TO
50 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 50 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
10 TO 15 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SW WINDS 50 TO
55 KT...BECOMING 50 TO 60 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S TO SW WINDS 40 TO
45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 40 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SW TO W WINDS 30 TO
35 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.