000 FZNT31 KNHC 192106 OFFN20 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 506 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2020 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 Atlantic from 07N to 19N between 55W and 64W .SYNOPSIS...A strong tropical wave over the central Caribbean is producing widespread thunderstorms and gusty winds as it moves W at 15 to 20 kt. This wave and associated surface low pressure should slow down and turn W-NW in the western Caribbean at the end of the week, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the weekend in the NW Caribbean. There is a medium chance of tropical formation through Fri morning, then a high chance through the end of the weekend. Looking ahead, low pressure associated with another tropical wave is expected to move across the Tropical N Atlc waters late Thu and approach the Atlantic waters off the Leeward Islands late Fri. This system also has a high potential for tropical development. NW Caribbean W of 85W .TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 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 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Caribbean N of 15N between 72W and 85W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt S of 18N, and E less than 10 kt elsewhere. S of 18N, seas 4 to 6 ft. Elsewhere, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .THU...S of 18N, E winds 10 to 20 kt. Elsewhere, E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 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 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...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 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 4 to 6 ft. SW Caribbean S of 11N .TONIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Caribbean between 64W and 72W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft Gulf of Venezuela, and 5 to 7 ft elsewhere. .THU...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft Gulf of Venezuela, and 6 to 8 ft elsewhere. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt Gulf of Venezuela, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 to 4 ft Gulf of Venezuela, and 5 to 7 ft elsewhere. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt Gulf of Venezuela, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Gulf of Venezuela, seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Elsewhere, seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 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 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 8 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 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 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE 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 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 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 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to SE after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Synopsis for the the SW N Atlantic including the Bahamas .SYNOPSIS...An elongated area of low pressure remains across the central Tropical Atlantic, associated with a tropical wave. Environmental conditions are favorable for tropical development and a tropical depression is expected to form in the next day or so as the low pressure moves WNW at 15 to 20 mph. This system is forecast to approach the Leeward Islands early Fri, move across or just north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Sat, and then along northern Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands Sat night through Sun. ATLC waters from 27N to 31N W of 77W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. ATLC waters from 27N to 31N between 65W and 77W .TONIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt W of 70W, and S 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Bahamas N of 22N .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. ATLC waters from 22N to 27N between 65W and the Bahamas .TONIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 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. ATLC waters S of 22N W of 65W .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 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. ATLC waters from 19N to 22N between 55W and 65W .TONIGHT...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...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE 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 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.