000 FZNT31 KNHC 160954 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 414 AM EST WED DEC 16 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...FRESH TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED WITH HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE SUBTROPICAL ATLC TO THE N OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. STRONGER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD S OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC LATE THIS WEEK WHICH WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI EVENING...AND REACH FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS ON SAT. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO CENTRAL HONDURAS SUN. FRESH TO STRONG N TO NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF THE FRONT. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT UNTIL EARLY MORNING... BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE 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 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .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...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 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 8 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...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 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. 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. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 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 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 8 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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 8 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 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 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...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...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 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 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 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE FAR NW WATERS WILL LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT EASTWARD IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY FRI. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND NW CUBA BY EARLY FRI EVENING...FROM NEAR 29N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT EVENING...AND FROM NEAR 24N65W TO THE N COAST OF HISPANIOLA SUN EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT N OF 29N WITH FRESH TO STRONG FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND IT FRI THROUGH SUN...BUT CONFINED TO S OF ABOUT 27N. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TODAY...W OF 70W...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...THEN...BECOMING SE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W OF 70W...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. ELSEWHERE...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.