000 FZNT31 KNHC 230905 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 405 AM EST MON FEB 23 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...HIGH PRES PREVAILING N OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TUE. FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH OVERNIGHT WINDS INCREASING TO GALE FORCE OFF COLOMBIA THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN BRIEFLY TONIGHT. LARGE NE TO E SWELLS WILL PERSIST OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH TUE. THE TRADE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS EAST...THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC BY THU AS THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK N OF THE AREA. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 18N... AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 18N...AND E LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. S OF 18N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 3 FT EARLY...BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W ...GALE WARNING THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .TUE...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. ELSEWHERE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. ELSEWHERE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...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...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...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 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC WILL SHIFT EAST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST THIS LATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO SE FLORIDA TUE...THEN STALL AS LOW PRES FORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY NEAR 31N75W BY LATE TUE THEN SHIFTS NE OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL DRIFT N AS A WARM FRONT WED AHEAD OF STRONGER LOW PRES FORMING OVER THE NE GULF. THE LOW PRES WILL MOVE ACROSS N FLORIDA AND OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THROUGH LATE WED. SW WINDS TO GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE LOW EARLY THU N OF 30N BETWEEN 75W AND 78W. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE OF THE AREA THROUGH THU WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA BY LATE FRI. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THU... .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SW LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .WED...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S TO SW LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...N OF 30N E OF 78W SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO W 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THU... .TODAY...N OF 29N...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N OF 29N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT N OF 29N...AND 6 TO 8 FT ELSEWHERE. .TUE NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .WED...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...N OF 30N W OF 75W S TO SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. ELSEWHERE S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...W OF 70W...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TUE...W OF 70W...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT EARLY... BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .WED...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.