Leg 1a - BVI to Bermuda - 05 May
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05 May 2014
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PREPARED: MAY 05 09:03Z
FM: WEATHER ROUTING INC. (WRI)
ARC USA LEG 1A
AND ARC EUROPE LEG 1A
SYNOPSIS: GOOD DAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT THIS MORNING
EXTENDS SW'WARD FROM NEAR
30N/60W SW'WARD TO THE SE'RN BAHAMAS AND E'RN CUBA.
THIS FRONT WILL WEAKEN
FURTHER AS IT MOVES E'WARD TO NEAR THE TURKS/CAICOS
AND 25N/62W BY TONIGHT.
THIS FRONT WILL THEN STALL IN THIS SAME AREA AND
WEAKEN FURTHER THROUGH
TOMORROW.
BROAD RIDGING IS ALSO IN PLACE TO THE
SOUTH OF THE FRONT NOW, FROM THE
TURKS/CAICOS E'WARD TO THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
AND THIS RIDGING WILL REMAIN BROAD
AND WEAK THROUGH TOMORROW.
A FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW/MINIMAL GALE NEAR NOVA SCOTIA EXTENDS
SW'WARD TO
NEAR 35N/65W AND THEN W'WARD TO NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH
CAROLINA
BORDER. THIS FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT STALLS IN THIS SAME AREA
THROUGH
TOMORROW.
CONCLUSION: WINDS WILL TEND E'LY-SE'LY PUERTO RICO
AND TORTOLA THROUGHOUT TODAY
AND TOMORROW. FARTHER NORTH IN ZONE A, FROM
ABOUT 20N TO 23N, WINDS WILL TEND
S'LY-SW'LY AHEAD OF THE FIRST
AFOREMENTIONED FRONT AND NW'LY-N'LY BEHIND THE
FRONT. SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS ARE
EXPECTED TO ABATE SLIGHTLY FROM 3-5 FEET AHEAD
OF THIS FRONT TO 2-4 FEET
BEHIND IT AS THE FRONT MOVES E'WARD SLOWLY DURING THE
COURSE OF TODAY AND
TOMORROW.
IN ZONE B EXTENDING FROM 23N TO 29N, WINDS WILL TEND SW'LY-W'LY
AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND NW'LY-N'LY BEHIND IT THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AS
THE COLD FRONT
MOVES E'WARD, WINDS WILL BECOME PREDOMINANTLY N'LY-NE'LY IN
ZONE B LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES
E'WARD. SHORT-PERIOD
SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE GRADUALLY FROM 4-6 FEET
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO
3-5 FEET AND THEN 2-4 FEET BEHIND THE
FRONT.
FOR ZONE C EXTENDING FROM 29N TO BERMUDA, WINDS WILL TEND
W'LY-NW'LY BEHIND THE
FRONT AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS OF 4-6
FEET THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, BUILDING TO 6-8 FEET BY THIS EVENING.
W'LY-NW'LY WINDS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SW'LY TOMORROW MORNING
AND THEN TEND SW'LY THROUGH
THE REST OF THE DAY AS THE SECOND AFOREMENTIONED
COLD FRONT APPROACHES/STALLS
WEST OF BERMUDA. SIMULTANEOUSLY, SHORT-PERIOD
SWELLS WILL ABATE SLIGHTLY FROM
6-8 FEET TO 5-7 FEET BY TOMORROW
EVENING.
ZONE A FORECAST:
TODAY(MORN 08LT)(T + 0): WINDS
SE-S/VARY/SW 08-13 GUSTS 16KTS. SEAS 2-3
SWELLS E-SE/MIXED/S 3-5FT
(3SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM ESE @
0.2KTS.
EVENING(20LT)(T + 12): WINDS S-SW/VARY/W 10-15 GUSTS 18KTS. SEAS
2-3 SWELLS
SE-S/MIXED/SW 2-4FT (3SEC). SKIES CLEAR. SCATTERED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS
FROM SSW @ 0.1KTS.
TOM (06)(MORN 08LT)(T + 24):
WINDS S-SW/VARY/NW 11-16 GUSTS 19KTS. SEAS 2-3
SWELLS SE-S/MIXED/SW 2-4FT
(3SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM ENE @
0.3KTS.
TOM EVENING(20LT)(T + 36): WINDS SW-W/VARY/N 10-15 GUSTS 18KTS.
SEAS 2-3
SWELLS SE-S/MIXED/SW 2-4FT (3SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM E @ 0.2KTS.
ZONE B
FORECAST:
TODAY(MORN 08LT)(T + 0): WINDS SW-W/VARY/N 14-19 GUSTS 22KTS.
SEAS 3-4
SWELLS S-SW/MIXED/W 4-6FT (3SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY.
SHWRS/SQUALLS*.
CURRENTS FROM WNW @ 1.1KTS.
EVENING(20LT)(T + 12): WINDS
N-NE/VARY/S 12-17 GUSTS 20KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS
S-SW/MIXED/NE 4-6FT
(3SEC). SKIES CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS
FROM WNW @
0.5KTS.
TOM (06)(MORN 08LT)(T + 24): WINDS N-NE/VARY/S 12-17 GUSTS 20KTS.
SEAS 2-3
SWELLS N-NE/MIXED/S 3-5FT (3SEC). SKIES CLEAR. SCATTERED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*.
CURRENTS FROM W @ 0.5KTS.
TOM EVENING(20LT)(T + 36):
WINDS NNE-ENE 14-19 GUSTS 22KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS
NNE-ENE 2-4FT (3SEC).
SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS
FROM W @
0.5KTS.
ZONE C FORECAST:
TODAY(MORN 08LT)(T + 0): WINDS W-NW 15-20
GUSTS 25KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS W-NW
4-6FT (4SEC). SKIES CLEAR. ISOLATED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM W @
0.3KTS.
EVENING(20LT)(T + 12): WINDS
WNW-NNW 14-19 GUSTS 24KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS
W-NW 6-8FT (3SEC). SKIES
CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM NNE @ 0.6KTS.
TOM (06)(MORN 08LT)(T + 24): WINDS
W-NW/VARY/SW 10-15 GUSTS 18KTS. SEAS 2-3
SWELLS W-NW/MIXED/SW 6-8FT
(5SEC). SKIES CLEAR. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*.
CURRENTS FROM W @
0.4KTS.
TOM EVENING(20LT)(T + 36): WINDS SW-W/VARY/NW 15-20 GUSTS 25KTS.
SEAS 3-4
SWELLS W-NW/MIXED/SW 5-7FT (4SEC). SKIES CLEAR. ISOLATED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*.
CURRENTS FROM NE @ 0.1KTS.
* WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN
SQUALLS
BEST REGARDS, WEATHER ROUTING INC. (WRI)
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