000 FZNT31 KNHC 150921 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 421 AM EST WED JAN 15 2014 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...THE SW N ATLANTIC 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...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES THAT WILL BUILD INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND THU WILL PUSH THE FRONT TO A POSITION FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE NE HONDURAS TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND SLOW DOWN AS IT APPROACHES FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO SW CARIBBEAN THU LATE AND LATE AT WHICH TIME THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND BEGIN TO GRADUALLY BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH FRI...AND TRANSITION TO A TROUGH SAT. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...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 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO ALONG THE SE FLORIDA COAST...AND TO NW CUBA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO W CENTRAL CUBA THIS LATE...FROM 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND TO FAR EASTERN CUBA APPROACHING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE THU LATE INTO FRI. A STRONG SURGE OF NW FLOW WILL FOLLOW WAKE OF A RAPIDLY MOVING DRY COLD FRONT THAT SWEEPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN WATERS THU. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER PORTIONS OF THE NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS THU. THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM NEAR 31N66W TO VICINITY OF THE WINDWARD FRI THROUGH SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE SE U.S. COAST LATE FRI. FRESH TO STRONG SW TO W WINDS WILL DEVELOP NW PORTION IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO A POSITION FROM NEAR 31N76W TO WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA EARLY SAT...THEN WEAKEN AS REACHES FROM NEAR 31N66W TO VICINITY SE BAHAMAS AND WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE SAT NIGHT...AND OVER THE FAR E AND SE WATERS SUN. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT OVER THE NW PORTION ON FRI INTO SAT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING E OF 78W... .TODAY...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT NW 25 TO 35 KT E OF 78W. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING W OF 70W N OF 29N ... .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT SW TO W 25 TO 35 KT N OF 29N W OF 70W DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.