000 FZNT31 KNHC 182117 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 417 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 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 STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING SE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE E GULF OF HONDURAS EARLY THU...THEN STALL FROM HISPANIOLA TO SE NICARAGUA EARLY FRI...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH SAT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL RETURN NIGHTLY ALONG THE NW COAST OF COLOMBIA OVER THE WEEKEND. LARGE NW SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE ACROSS THE TROPICAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG TRADES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TROPICAL WATERS AND E CARIBBEAN OVER THE WEEKEND. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 120 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 120 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N71W THROUGH ANDROS ISLAND AND TO W CUBA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH FROM 31N67W TO E CUBA TONIGHT...PASS THROUGH BERMUDA AND THE WINDWARD PASSAGE ON THU...THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE ACROSS THE TROPICAL WATERS N OF HISPANIOLA ON FRI. THE POST FRONTAL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BRIEFLY TO MINIMAL GALE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATERS N OF 30N. A RIDGE WILL BUILD E ACROSS THE AREA ALONG 27N ON FRI...GRADUALLY BECOME ORIENTED FROM 31N72W TO PORT CANAVERAL ON SUN...THEN SHIFT S ON SUN NIGHT ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING NW TO W 20 TO 30 KT LATE...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT N OF 29N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. .THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. W OF FRONT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO W 15 TO 25 KT LATE...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT N OF 29N. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT W OF 70W...AND 8 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE. .THU...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT W OF 70W...AND 7 TO 10 FT ELSEWHERE. .THU NIGHT...W OF 70W...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT W OF 70W... AND 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT W OF 70W...AND 9 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT W OF 70W...AND 6 TO 8 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT.