000 FZNT31 KNHC 232132 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 432 PM EST SAT JAN 23 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 STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ACROSS E CUBA TO SE NICARAGUA WILL REACH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO COSTA RICA TONIGHT...AND FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO W PANAMA ON SUN EVENING. THE N PORTION WILL CONTINUE TO OVER THE MONA PASSAGE TO 15N76W SUN NIGHT WHILE THE S PORTION STALLS. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE FROM THE MONA PASSAGE TO THE SW CARIBBEAN ON SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST OF NICARAGUA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND N 15 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA... AND NE 15 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NW LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...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 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 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...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...E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 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 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 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W ACROSS THE BAHAMAS TO E CUBA NEAR 21N76W WILL REACH FROM 31N65W TO E CUBA THIS EVENING...AND FROM 31N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TONIGHT... AND FROM 31N61W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUN EVENING...AND FROM 31N51W TO W PUERTO RICO MON EVENING. GALE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS N AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH EARLY SUN THEN SHIFT N OF AREA SUN EVENING. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS ON LATE MON INTO TUE. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E LATE. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT W OF 70W...AND 14 TO 19 FT ELSEWHERE. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT W OF 70W...AND 15 TO 20 FT ELSEWHERE. .SUN NIGHT...W OF 70W...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT... SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE...SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. .MON...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT W OF 70W...AND N 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT W OF 70W...AND 10 TO 15 FT ELSEWHERE. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NW 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT W OF 70W...AND 8 TO 13 FT ELSEWHERE. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. W OF 70W...SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 11 FT LATE. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NW 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...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT.