500
FNUS72 KNHC 231250
FWSNHC
SPOT FORECAST FOR BAHAMAS DISTRESS SIGNAL...USCG D7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1300 EDT TUE APR 23 2024
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH AT (305)229-4424.
DISCUSSION
MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS PERSIST ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE
AREA OF THE DISTRESS SIGNAL IN THE RELATIVELY PROTECTED WATERS
BETWEEN THE NORTHERN TIP OF ANDROS ISLAND AND BIMINI ISLAND,
FOLLOWING A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY.
NOTE THAT ROUGH SEAS PERSIST A LITTLE FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE
GULF STREAM BETWEEN BIMINI ISLAND AND WEST PALM BEACH. WAVE
HEIGHTS OVER THE GULF STREAM WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH LATE TODAY.
LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.
LATITUDE = 25.5708
LONGITUDE = 78.5708
REST OF TODAY
TIME (EDT) 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........50 50 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............74 74 74
SFC WIND (KTS)..NE 15G19 NE 14G18 NE 13G17
SWELL HGT (FT)..N 4 N 4 NE 3
WAVE PERIOD (S).5 5 5
WIND WAVE (FT)..4 4 4
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)4 4 4
SST (F).........78 78 78
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY (%).........50 50 50 45
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............74 73 73 72
SFC WIND (KTS)..NE 13G17 NE 11G15 NE 11G15 E 9G11
SWELL HGT (FT)..NE 3 NE 3 NE 3 NE 2
WAVE PERIOD (S).5 4 4 4
WIND WAVE (FT)..4 4 4 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)3 3 3 3
SST (F).........78 78 78 78
WEDNESDAY
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........45 7 7 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............72 72 72 73
SFC WIND (KTS)..E 10G12 E 10G14 E 10G14 E 10G12
SWELL HGT (FT)..NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 E 1
WAVE PERIOD (S).4 4 4 3
WIND WAVE (FT)..2 2 2 2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)2 2 2 1
SST (F).........78 78 78 78
FORECASTER...CHRISTENSEN
REQUESTED BY...RCC MIAMI
TYPE OF REQUEST...MARINE
.TAG 2411940.0/NHC
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL
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