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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 PM EDT WED MAR 19 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...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST OF
COLOMBIA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THU AS WELL AS LATE THU NIGHT
AND FRI. FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADES WILL WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD WITH HIGHEST WINDS OCCURRING NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA
DURING LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. MODERATE TO LOCALLY
FRESH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT A GENTLE TO MODERATE
BREEZE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN. 

NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W

...GALE WARNING...

.OVERNIGHT...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...NE TO E WINDS
20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...NE
WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...SEAS 8 TO
10 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.THU...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO
35 KT...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 13 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND 8 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE.
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO
35 KT THU NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRI WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF
COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 

SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...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

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W TO THE BAHAMAS NEAR
23N75W THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO CUBA NEAR 23N80W. A
SECOND...WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION FRI AND MERGE
WITH THE FIRST FRONT WHICH WILL DISSIPATE FROM 27N65W TO THE
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS BY SAT. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER NW WATERS
SAT IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO
THE AREA BY MON...STRETCHING FROM 30N65W TO 28N81W BY LATE MON.

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

.OVERNIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.THU...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

BAHAMAS N OF 22N

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.