000 FZNT31 KNHC 132118 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 518 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 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 RAFAEL NEAR 17.3N 63.3W 1004 MB AT 2100 UTC OCT 13 MOVING NNE OR 015 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. RAFAEL WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS LATE AND TONIGHT...REACHING NEAR 18.7N 63.7W EARLY SUN AND MOVING WELL N OF THE AREA TO 22.6N 66.0W EARLY MON. STRONG NE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN SUN THROUGH WED...WITH SWELL FROM RAFAEL MOVING THROUGH NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES SUN THROUGH TUE...DIMINISHING WED. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING S TO SW LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT LATE... BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW TO W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...SW TO W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...THE TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN A TROUGH FROM 28N71W TO 22N75W...REMNANTS OF PATTY...AND STRENGTHENING HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH MON. WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE SE PART AS TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL MOVES N FROM THE CARIBBEAN. RAFAEL IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO 50 KT AS IT REACHES 18.7N 63.7W SUN MORNING..TO 60 KT AT 22.6N 66.0W MON MORNING AND THE REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BY MON LATE AS IT MOVES N...PASSING N OF THE AREA BY TUE LATE. COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH NW HALF OF AREA LATE MON NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT E OF 70W...AND 8 TO 11 FT W OF 70W. .MON NIGHT...E OF 70W...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 25 TO 35 KT LATE...SEAS 14 TO 19 FT...BUILDING TO 17 TO 22 FT LATE. W OF 70W...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TUE...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E OF 70W...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT LATE. W OF 70W...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT E OF 70W...AND 7 TO 9 FT W OF 70W. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...E OF 70W...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. W OF 70W...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...E OF 70W...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT. W OF 70W...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.