000 FZNT31 KNHC 240926 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 526 AM EDT WED OCT 24 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 SANDY AT 16.3N 77.0W AT 5 AM EDT MOVING N 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 GUSTS TO 75 KT. SANDY EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE AND REACH 17.9N 76.8W THIS LATE THEN OVER E CUBA TONIGHT AND N OF THE AREA THU. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 70W .TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES MOVE E OFF CAROLINA COAST THROUGH THU AND MAINTAIN STRONG PRES GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS TROPICAL STORM SANDY IN CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AT 16.3N 77.0W AT 5 AM SANDY INTENSIFIES TO HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON. SANDY WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN CUBA TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM THU NEAR 23.3N 76.6W LATE THU THEN TO 25.7N 76.W THU NIGT...28.2N 76.6W FRI NIGHT AND 31.0N 73.6W SAT NIGHT AND N OF THE AREA SUN. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT LATE. .THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NE 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT...BUILDING TO 15 TO 25 FT LATE. .FRI...N WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 20 TO 30 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 18 TO 26 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 16 TO 21 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E OF 70W...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 20 KT LATE. W OF 70W...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. BECOMING 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. E OF 70W...SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. W OF 70W...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 16 FT LATE. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT E OF 70W...AND 15 TO 20 FT W OF 70W. .FRI...SE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 17 TO 27 FT. .SAT...S TO SW WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 19 TO 29 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 23 TO 33 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...BUILDING TO 12 TO 17 FT LATE. .THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...BECOMING W 35 TO 45 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. .FRI...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT E OF 70W...AND E 25 TO 30 KT W OF 70W. E OF 70W...SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. W OF 70W...SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT LATE. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT E OF 70W...AND 16 TO 21 FT W OF 70W. .FRI THROUGH SAT...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 16 TO 26 FT. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 16 TO 26 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.