000 FZNT31 KNHC 040926 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 526 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 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 STORM ERNESTO NEAR 13.9N 66.4W AT 5 AM EDT MOVING W AT 16 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO 14.5N 69.7W THIS AFTERNOON...TO 15.1N 73.1W BY LATE TONIGHT...TO 15.7N 76.4W SUN AFTERNOON...THEN REACH MINIMAL HURRICANE STRENGTH NEAR 16.3N 79.1W LATE SUN NIGHT...TO 17.5N 83.0W BY LATE MON NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO TRACK W-NW ACROSS THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN TUE AND TO INLAND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE INTO WED. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...BECOMING N 50 TO 60 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT... BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 60 TO 70 KT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT... BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE WINDS 50 TO 60 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS 60 TO 70 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...EXCEPT E 10 TO 20 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. E WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH MON. A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 79W-80W EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NEAR 31N AND WILL DRIFT W ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH SUN...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN THROUGH WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.