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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR SE US WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1130 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 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...POST-TROPICAL ALBERTO NEAR 33.1N 
74W AT 11 AM WILL MOVE TO 34.6N 72W BY 8 PM THIS EVENING...AND 
TO 36.8N 69W BY 8 AM WED. THE LOW WILL THEN DISSIPATE WED 
AFTERNOON. LOW PRES LOCATED ABOUT 200 NM E OF CAPE MAY WILL PASS 
NE OF THE WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL 
APPROACH THE COAST TONIGHT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE 
COAST AND DISSIPATE WED. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL FORM JUST TO THE 
E OF THE AREA WED NIGHT INTO THU...WITH THE RIDGE EXPANDING TO 
THE W AND EXTENDING FROM NE TO SW OVER THE WATERS FRI INTO SAT. 
ANOTHER LOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE S OF THE WATERS BY FRI AND 
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY SAT.

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E OF 76W...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT 
DIMINISHING TO W TO SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 
5 TO 8 FT. W OF 76W...W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S. SEAS 
3 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...HIGHEST W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...WINDS E TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

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

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO 1008 MB AT 33.1N 74.0W 
AT 11 AM EDT MOVING NE OR 50 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. ALBERTO WILL BE NEAR 36.8N 69.0W AT 
8 AM WED WITH ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS WELL N OF AREA. THE 
COMBINATION OF A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND 
WESTERN CUBA AND A RIDGE DOMINATING MOST OF THE AREA WILL BRING 
AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS W OF THE BAHAMAS LATER TODAY AND 
WED. 

...S OF 31N...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.