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FZNT26 KNHC 132119
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
519 PM 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 5 PM AST...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.3 WEST AND IS MOVING TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 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...

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO
8 TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.