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FZNT26 KNHC 140944
OFFN05

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
544 AM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...AT 5 AM AST...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.8 WEST AND WAS MOVING TO THE
NNW AT 11 KNOTS...WITH THIS MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS MORNING.
SQUALLS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
EXTREME NORTHEAST OF THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS.

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. NE WINDS 40 TO 45 KT...
BECOMING N TO NW 50 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT...
BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W WINDS 45 TO
55 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 30 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
17 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

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