000 FZNT31 KNHC 312048 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 348 PM EST THU DEC 31 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...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND LOW PRES OVER NORTHERN COLOMBIA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH FRI MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN EVENING...REACH FROM W CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS ON MON AND STALL FROM E CUBA TO NE NICARAGUA ON TUE. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT S OF 18N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT S OF 18N...AND 4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI...S OF 18N...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. ELSEWHERE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT S OF 18N...AND 4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT S OF 18N...AND NE LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 5 FT ELSEWHERE. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT S OF 18N...AND E LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 18N...AND 3 TO 5 FT ELSEWHERE. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 76W NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 76W EARLY. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 25 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 5 TO 7 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. .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. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...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 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 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. .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. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...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 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT... EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO FORT PIERCE FLORIDA ON FRI...FROM BERMUDA TO NW BAHAMAS ON SAT...STALL FROM 28N65W TO NW BAHAMAS SAT EVENING THEN BEGIN TO DRIFT N AS A WARM FRONT LATE SAT NIGHT. A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 27N79W ON SUN AND RACE NE ALONG THE FRONT PASSING N OF 31N ON MON WHILE DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON TUE...WITH THE FRONT STALLING FROM 28N65W TO E CUBA ON TUE NIGHT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .FRI...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 15 FT LATE. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W OF 70W...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO S IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SAT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...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 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.