000 FZNT31 KNHC 021555 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1155 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 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...GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN N OF 15N THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN OUTER BAND FROM JOAQUIN WILL BRING SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS WITH GUSTY WINDS TO THE FAR NORTHERN CARIBBEAN PORTIONS THROUGH SAT. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 18N...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT S OF 18N...AND NW LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 18N...AND 2 FT OR LESS ELSEWHERE. .TUE...S OF 18N...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 18N...AND 2 FT OR LESS ELSEWHERE. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE JOAQUIN NEAR 23.5N 74.8W AT 1500 UTC IS MOVING N OR 00 DEG AT 3 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 115 KT WITH GUSTS TO 140 KT. JOAQUIN WILL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT INTENSITY AS THE SYSTEM REACHES NEAR 24.4N 74.4W THIS EVENING AND THEN NEAR 26.1N 73.0W SATURDAY MORNING. JOAQUIN WILL THEN START A WEAKENING TREND AS THE SYSTEM REACHES NEAR 28.2N 71.2W SATURDAY EVENING AND NEAR 30.6N 69.6W SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVING N OF THE AREA. LARGE SWELL WILL PROPAGATE FROM THE STORM AND AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL START TO IMPROVE SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER N OF THE AREA. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 18 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .MON...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT W OF 70W...AND 10 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W OF 70W...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT LATE... SEAS 13 TO 18 FT...BUILDING TO 17 TO 22 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W OF 70W...E WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...BECOMING NE 75 TO 95 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS 19 TO 29 FT...BUILDING TO 24 TO 34 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING S 30 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON... SEAS 11 TO 16 FT...BUILDING TO 14 TO 19 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W OF 70W...N WINDS 75 TO 95 KT...SEAS 22 TO 32 FT. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...INCREASING TO 80 TO 90 KT LATE...SEAS 16 TO 21 FT...BUILDING TO 15 TO 25 FT LATE. .SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W WINDS 75 TO 90 KT. W OF 70W...SEAS 20 TO 30 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 20 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 16 TO 26 FT... SUBSIDING TO 16 TO 21 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT W OF 70W... AND 7 TO 10 FT ELSEWHERE. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N ...HURRICANE WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS. NW WINDS 95 TO 115 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. .TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW WINDS 95 TO 115 KT...BECOMING W 80 TO 100 KT LATE. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W WINDS 40 TO 50 KT... DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS ...HURRICANE WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. SE WINDS 50 TO 60 KT W OF 70W...AND S 15 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. W OF 70W...SEAS 14 TO 19 FT...BUILDING TO 17 TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE WINDS 80 TO 100 KT W OF 70W...AND S 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 19 TO 29 FT W OF 70W...AND 8 TO 13 FT ELSEWHERE. .SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W OF 70W...SW WINDS 80 TO 100 KT...SEAS 20 TO 30 FT...SUBSIDING TO 17 TO 27 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W OF 70W...SW WINDS 75 TO 95 KT...DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 45 KT LATE... SEAS 14 TO 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 15 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. S WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT.