000 FZNT31 KNHC 152114 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 514 PM EDT MON OCT 15 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 IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO A HURRICANE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE N AWAY FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT...WITH SWELLS FROM RAFAEL SPREADING THROUGH NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH TUE...THEN DIMINISHING ON WED. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 24.1N 65.8W 985 MB AT 2100 UTC OCT 15 MOVING N OR 350 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. RAFAEL WILL INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE STRENGTH BY EARLY TUE MORNING NEAR 26.1N 65.2W THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA NEAR 29.4N 64.0W TUE LATE BEFORE ACCELERATING NE AWAY FROM THE AREA TO 33.7N 61.4W WED MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NW WATERS TUE AND DISSIPATE FROM 31N65W TO SEBASTIAN INLET...FLORIDA WED NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS FRI AND EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CAPE CANAVERAL SAT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. E OF 70W...E WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 45 TO 55 KT LATE. W OF 70W... E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT E OF 70W...AND 10 TO 15 FT W OF 70W. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E OF 70W...N TO NE WINDS 55 TO 65 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 40 TO 50 KT LATE. W OF 70W...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 17 TO 27 FT E OF 70W...AND 10 TO 15 FT W OF 70W. .TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E OF 70W...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 20 KT LATE...SEAS 20 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 FT LATE. W OF 70W...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE...SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .WED...E OF 70W...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW IN LATE. W OF 70W...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. E OF 70W...N TO NW WINDS 55 TO 65 KT. W OF 70W...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 19 TO 29 FT E OF 70W... AND 13 TO 18 FT W OF 70W. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E OF 70W...W TO NW WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 22 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 FT LATE. W OF 70W...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT LATE. .TUE NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .WED THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.