000 FZNT31 KNHC 202137 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 437 PM EST WED JAN 20 2016 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 WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM NW HISPANIOLA SW TO EASTERN HONDURAS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THIS EVENING...LEAVING A SURFACE TROUGH THAT WILL DRIFT W TO ENTER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRES BUILDING N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE NW BASIN THAT WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS IN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AND S OF CUBA THROUGH EARLY THU. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT...STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 21N79W TO EASTERN HONDURAS SAT MORNING...STALLING FROM HAITI TO THE SW CARIBBEAN BY EARLY SUN AND BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH LATE MON. NW SWELL WITH 11-14 SECONDS PERIOD WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC THU THROUGH SAT WHEN IT STARTS TO SUBSIDE. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...S OF 18N...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO S EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN... INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NW 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE 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 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE 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 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON 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 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...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 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 6 TO 8 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 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER FLORIDA WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA LATE FRI AND EXTEND FROM 30N74W...ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT MORNING. BY SUNDAY MORNING THE FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM 30N64W TO EASTERN CUBA...AND FROM 30N61W TO WESTERN HISPANIOLA SUN NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NW WATERS AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT AND SAT NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 29N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...N OF 29N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N OF 30N E OF 72W SW TO W WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 15 FT. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT W OF 70W...AND 7 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .FRI...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.