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FZNT31 KNHC 041514
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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1114 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 14.4N 68.7W AT 11 AM EDT 
MOVING W-NW AT 16 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 
KT. ERNESTO WILL MOVE TO NEAR 14.8N 71.2W THIS EVENING...THEN 
WILL INTENSIFY TO 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT NEAR 15.5N 74.5W SUN 
MORNING...THEN TO A HURRICANE 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT TO 15.7N 77.5W 
SUN EVENING...TO 16.5N 80.5W MON MORNING...AND TO 18.0N 84.0W 
TUE MORNING. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE INLAND OVER THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE INTO WED.


NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE
WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N TO NE WINDS 35 TO
45 KT...BECOMING N 70 TO 80 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT...
BUILDING TO 14 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 25 TO
35 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT...
BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS
45 TO 65 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS
60 TO 80 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 25 TO
35 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 90 NM
OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE
TO E 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N TO NW
WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF
COLOMBIA...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO 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 3 TO
5 FT. 

CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. E WINDS 35 TO
45 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE WINDS
35 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
12 TO 17 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 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 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH REACHING FROM JUST W OF 
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO 27N80W TO 23N80W WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT W 
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUN... 
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES 
OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH MON. ANOTHER SURFACE 
TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE MON...SLOWLY DRIFTING W 
TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE-WED.


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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.