000 FZNT31 KNHC 211449 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 949 AM EST THU JAN 21 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...HIGH PRES ANCHORED IN THE SW N ATLC N OF THE BAHAMAS WILL MOVE E TONIGHT WHILE IT WEAKENS. THIS WILL REDUCE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN...THUS DIMINISHING THE AREAL EXTENT STRONG WINDS IN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AND OFF THE COLOMBIA COAST. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT...STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 21N77W TO NE NICARAGUA SAT MORNING...FROM EASTERN CUBA NEAR 20N74W SW TO 16N77W BY SUN MORNING...THEN STALL AND START TO BECOME DIFFUSE FROM EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SW TO EASTERN JAMAICA TO 13N80W LATE MON. MODERATE NW SWELL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC TODAY THROUGH SAT BEFORE SUBSIDING. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 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 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N 15 TO 25 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 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 ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .MON 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 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 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 3 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 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...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 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 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 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...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 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 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 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES ANCHORED N OF THE BAHAMAS WILL MOVE E WHILE IT WEAKENS THROUGH EARLY FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA LATE FRI. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT MORNING...FROM 31N64W TO EASTERN CUBA SUN MORNING...AND FROM 22N65W SW TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON MORNING. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NW WATERS AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT LATE FRI THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY N OF 26N. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT TOWARDS EVENING. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT W OF 70W...AND 7 TO 10 FT ELSEWHERE. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT W OF 70W...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT W OF 70W...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SAT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 19 FT. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 13 TO 18 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE NORTHERN BAHAMAS... .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .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...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TODAY...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .FRI...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 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 6 TO 7 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.