000 FZNT31 KNHC 060252 OFFN20 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 952 PM EST SAT MAR 5 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...WEAK PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION TO MAINTAIN MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH SUN. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SW N ATLC MON...ACROSS THE NW AND N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN TUE TO PRODUCE STRONG NE TO E WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. NW CARIBBEAN W OF 85W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 85W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...S OF 18N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 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 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 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. CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 72W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 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...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 11N .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE 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 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 64W AND 72W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. OFFSHORE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. OFFSHORE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 55W .TONIGHT...E 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 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...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM 26N65W THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS TO CUBA NEAR 23N79W WILL STALL OVERNIGHT. STRONG NW TO N SWELL WILL SPREAD ACROSS WATERS NW OF FRONT TONIGHT AND REACH GREATER ANTILLES SUN NIGHT. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS N CENTRAL AND NE WATERS LATE SUN THROUGH MON FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING S ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE TWO FRONTS WILL MERGE MON...WITH THE BOUNDARY PASSING SE OF THE AREA BY MON NIGHT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE N WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE REINFORCING FRONT AND LINGER OVER NE WATERS MON THROUGH TUE. STRONG TRADE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND CUBA MON THROUGH WED NIGHT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W .TONIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...W OF 70W...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. ELSEWHERE...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT W OF 70W...AND N 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT W OF 70W...AND 9 TO 14 FT ELSEWHERE. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. BAHAMAS N OF 22N .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 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...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND THE BAHAMAS .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT W OF 70W...AND E LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...W OF 70W...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS S OF 22N W OF 65W .TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ATLC WATERS FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.