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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1137 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM
07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...THE SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W
INCLUDING BAHAMAS...AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 19N
BETWEEN 55W AND 64W

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 82W WILL MOVE W INTO CENTRAL
AMERICA TONIGHT AND SAT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE NEAR 13.0N
54.3W AT 1500 UTC IS MOVING W AT 17 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 30 GUSTS 40 KT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE FORECAST MOVE
W-NW ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MON. IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
A TROPICAL STORM FRI NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH
MON. 


NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W

.THIS AFTERNOON...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS
45 TO 55 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. 

CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 

SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS
30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. 

OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO
19N W OF 55W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 

OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO
15N W OF 55W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS
25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDING FROM SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRES
CENTER AT 35N55W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN
THEN WEAKEN MON. A TROUGH SEPARATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE
CARIBBEAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND GREATER
ANTILLES THROUGH FRI THEN ACROSS S FLORIDA SAT AND SUN. 


ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

BAHAMAS N OF 22N

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.