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NOAA>NWS>NCEP>OPC> N Atlantic Navtex Forecast>N03

                   
                     
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
428 AM EST THU FEB 16 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PASS E 
ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND E THROUGH THE WATERS FRI INTO FRI 
NIGHT...AS LOW PRES MOVES E OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS ALONG THE 
FRONT. ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL MOVE E THROUGH THE REGION 
SAT. DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS SUN 
AND CONTINUE E OF THE REGION MON. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL 
BUILD E INTO REGION LATE MON.

MURRELLS INLET TO 31N...OUT TO 250 NM

...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUN INTO MON... 

.TODAY...E OF 76W...E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S 10 TO 
20 KT. W OF 76W...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT THROUGHOUT. ISOLATED SHOWERS NW. 
.TONIGHT...WINDS W TO SW 15 TO 20 KT...THEN OVER NW PORTION 
SHIFTING TO N TO NW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...WINDS N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT... HIGHEST FAR 
E. SCATTERED SHOWERS S. 
.FRI NIGHT...WINDS E TO NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...WINDS S TO SW AND INCREASING TO SW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 
8 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 12 TO 20 
FT...EXCEPT FAR W PART 6 TO 12 FT. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO E TO NE 10 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 15 FT...EXCEPT FAR W PART 4 TO 8 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR SW N ATLC...S OF 31N

.SYNOPSIS...RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL SHIFT E AND WEAKEN THROUGH SUN. 
SW WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SAT AND THROUGH SUN OVER THE 
NORTHERN PORTION AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR 
NW PORTION OF THE AREA EARLY SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND 
FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N69W TO 
WESTERN CUBA LATE SUN AND FROM 31N65W TO EASTERN CUBA MON. 
STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. 


...S OF 31N...OUT TO 65W...

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 
SHIFTING TO W TO NW. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT 
LATE EXCEPT N OF 29N NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 
FT... BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
TSTMS NW PART. 
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND THE 
FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT BUILDING 8 TO 11 FT. 
.MON...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.