000 FZNT23 KNHC 081502 OFFNT3 ATLC/CARIBBEAN OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SW AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 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. AMZ089-082130- SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 13.0N 51.2W 1005 MB AT 11 AM EDT MOVING W AT 19 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST TO ONLY INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVES TO 13.0N 54.0W TONIGHT...TO 13.8N 57.3W FRI MORNING...TO 14.5N 60.5W FRI NIGHT...NW TO 16.0N 63.O SAT MORNING BEFORE LIFTING NW OF THE AREA LATE SAT. $$ AMZ082-082130- NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N BETWEEN 84W AND 87W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 19N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 19N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 85W. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF 84W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT YUCATAN CHANNEL 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 19N E OF 84W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 19N E OF 84W WINDS BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR NW PART. .SAT AND SUN...W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT N OF 19N E OF 84W 1 TO 2 FT. .MON...W OF 82W SE TO S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT...AND BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT. E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. $$ AMZ084-082130- SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 11N E OF 77W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 11N W OF 77W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 11N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 12N. .TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...N OF 12N E OF 80W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...N OF 11N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 11N SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. $$ AMZ086-082130- E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 .THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 14N W OF 70W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 16N E OF 70W. .TONIGHT...N OF 14N E OF 68W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 16N W OF 65W. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 13N E OF 68W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT FRI NIGHT AND TO 11 FT IN E FACING ATLC PASSAGES. S OF 13N E OF 68W E WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING NE LATE FRI AND BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT E OF 64W FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. W OF 68W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 14N E OF 65W. .SAT AND SUN...W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 F...EXCEPT N OF 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 15N E OF 65W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT SUN. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. S OF 15N E OF 65W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 15N E OF 65W. .MON...E OF 70W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. W OF 70W E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. $$ AMZ087-082130- TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 13N TO 17N... .THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N OF 18N W OF 60W SE 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 16N AND FROM 12N TO 16N E OF 59W. .TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 1000 NM N SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA. HIGHEST WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADRANT...30 NM S SEMICIRCLE ...AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 21 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N WINDS BECOMING NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 33 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND MARIA SHIFTING TO SE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT...AND TO 8 TO 12 FT FRI THROUGH SAT. S OF 12N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT... SHIFTING TO SE SAT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT SAT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS N OF 12N. .SUN...N OF 16N W OF 59W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT. N OF 16N E OF 59W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 16N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 15N W OF 59W. .MON...N OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. S OF 15N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. $$ AMZ088-082130- SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE KATIA N OF THE AREA NEAR 33.6N 70.1W 970 MB MOVING N AT 14 KT WILL CONTINUE TO PULL FURTHER AWAY THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ALONG 27N THROUGH FRI NIGHT...THEN LIFT N TO ALONG 30N SAT AND SUN AND TO N OF THE AREA MON. TROPICAL STORM MARIA CURRENTLY IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW INTO THE FAR SE PORTION LATE SAT NIGHT...TO 19.5N 67.0W EARLY SUN AND TO 22.5N 72.0W BY EARLY MON. $$ AMZ080-082130- SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS 1130 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 26N E OF 74W SAT THROUGH MON... .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 74W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED N AND SE SWELL TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE N OF 26N W OF 72W SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 26N E OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 78W S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT W OF 78W 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N E OF 69W...AND N OF 25N E OF 71W. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 28N E OF 76W SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 28N W OF 76W WINDS BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT...AND TO 2 TO 4 FT FRI NIGHT. FROM 26N TO 28N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. S OF 26N W OF 74W WINDS SHIFTING TO NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N E OF 74W WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...S OF 24N E OF 69W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT SAT AFTERNOON...BECOMING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER S OF 26N E OF 74W LATE SAT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 33 KT WITHIN 240 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA AND SHIFTING SE BEHIND MARIA. REMAINDER AREA S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SAT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS....AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MON. N OF 26N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT...AND NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT MON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN MIXED E TO SE SWELL...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN SE SWELL MON. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF MARIA. $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE !