000 FZNT23 KNHC 021431 OFFNT3 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...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. AMZ089-022130- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .SYNOPSIS...FRESH EASTERLY TRADES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS S PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND INCREASING AND EXPANDING ACROSS THE BASINS MON AND TUE AS HIGH PRES DEVELOPS JUST N OF THE AREA AND STRENGTHENS. FRESH SE WINDS WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL STALL OUT N OF THE YUCATAN PASSAGE LATE TUE NIGHT AND WED. $$ AMZ082-022130- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N E OF 80W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 18N W OF 80W E WINDS 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT GULF OF HONDURAS TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 18N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT...EXCEPT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT GULF OF HONDURAS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL S OF 18N BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT SUN NIGHT...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 18N BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SUN NIGHT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT GULF OF HONDURAS LATE. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL S OF 18N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 18N. .TUE...S OF 18N E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO NE TO E LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL. .WED...S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LEE OF CUBA LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ AMZ084-022130- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 11N E OF 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. N OF 11N W OF 77W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT E OF 81W LATE. S OF 11N NW TO N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. .TONIGHT THROUGH TUE...N OF 11N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT SUN AFTERNOON THROUGH TUE...EXCEPT INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT IN E SWELL MON AND TUE. N OF 11N W OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL SUN THROUGH TUE. S OF 11N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. .WED...N OF 10N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. N OF 10N W OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 10N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. $$ AMZ086-022130- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 14N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 14N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S OF 14N W OF 67W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE TO E 20 TO 30 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT SUN NIGHT. .MON AND TUE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. .WED...W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ AMZ087-022130- TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 18N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN MIXED E AND NW SWELL. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. .MON AND TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT TUE. .WED...N OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. $$ AMZ088-022130- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL STALL OUT THIS AFTERNOON AS A REINFORCING FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE N. THE NEXT FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N72W TO 28N79W THIS EVENING THEN FROM 31N65W TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS SUN MORNING MOVING E OF THE AREA SUN EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON SHIFTING E LATE MON AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N72W TO S FLORIDA TUE EVENING SHIFTING E OF THE AREA LATE WED AS HIGH PRES RETURNS. $$ AMZ080-022130- SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 1130 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 28N W OF 76W NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT LATE TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N E OF 76W SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT NE PART TONIGHT. FROM 23N TO 28N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 23N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONTS. SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FIRST FRONT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 28N W OF 74W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT LATE SUN NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT SUN NIGHT. N OF 28N E OF 74W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 10 FT LATE SUN NIGHT. S OF 28N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT SUN AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT S OF 22N LATE SUN NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 28N SUN. .MON...N OF 27N W OF 75W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE. N OF 27N E OF 75W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS. .TUE...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING N TO NE 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 15 KT SHIFTING TO NE TO E BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .WED...N OF 26N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 26N W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO NE TO E LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT. $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY