Leg 1a - BVI to Bermuda - 07 May

Good Morning.

SYNOP:
COLD FRONT NEAR 35N/48W TO NE HISPANIOLA WILL MOVE E TODAY THRU 09TH.
WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA E TO 60W. WILL MOVE N AND EXTEND FROM N FLORIDA ENE TO BERMUDA ON 08TH THEN DRIFT S THRU 09TH.

IN ZONE B (25N-29N), WINDS WILL TEND NE, SOUTH OF 26N. NORTH OF 26N, SW/W WINDS THIS MORNING, WILL VEER AND BECOME NW/N BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WAKE OF COLD FRONT. SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS WILL TEND N/NE SOUTH OF 26N, WHILE NORTH OF 26N SWELLS WILL MOVE FROM SW/W TO W/NW WITH PASSAGE COLD FRONT. DURING THIS EVENING THRU EARLY TOMORROW EVENING, WINDS WILL VEER  NW/N / NE NORTH OF 26N, SOUTH OF 26N NE WINDS WILL PERSIST. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN.

ZONE B. WINDS WILL TO TEND N/NE INCREASING TOMORROW EVENING THRU MORNING OF 09TH AS HIGH RIDGE COVERS THE AREA. SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS WILL TEND N/NE AND BUILD TOMORROW THRU MORNING OF 09TH.

ZONE C. BETWEEN 29N AND BERMUDA W WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO NW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TO N BY THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE COLD FRONT.
SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS WILL TEND WNW / NNW .
THIS EVENING, MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS WILL TEND N/NE THRU TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEN NE/E TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS HIGH RIDGE COVERS THE AREA.
FROM TOMORROW EVENING THRU MORNING OF 09TH, E WINDS EXPECTED TO VEER SE THEN SW AS NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES BERMUDA FROM THE WEST.  SHORT-PERIOD SWELLS  EXPECTED NNW/NNE THIS EVENING THRU THE MORNING OF 09TH.


ZONE B FORECAST:
TODAY(MORN 08LT)(T + 0):  WINDS SW-W/VARY/NE  06-11 GUSTS 16KTS.  SEAS 1-2  SWELLS N-NE/MIXED/SW  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM WNW @ 0.9KTS.
EVENING(20LT)(T + 12):  WINDS VEER W-NW-NE  INCREASE 05-15 GUSTS 20KTS.  SEAS 2-3  SWELLS N-NE/MIXED/NW  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM NW @ 0.7KTS.
TOM (08)(MORN 08LT)(T + 24):  WINDS NNE-ENE  11-16 GUSTS 21KTS.  SEAS 2-3  SWELLS N-NE  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM WNW @ 0.9KTS.
TOM EVENING(20LT)(T + 36):  WINDS NE-E  15-20 GUSTS 25KTS.  SEAS 3-4  SWELLS NE-E  5-7FT  (4SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM NW @ 0.7KTS.

ZONE C FORECAST:
TODAY(MORN 08LT)(T + 0):  WINDS VEER W-NW-N  10-15 GUSTS 20KTS.  SEAS 2-3  SWELLS W-NW/MIXED/N  4-6FT  (4SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM NNW @ 0.7KTS.
EVENING(20LT)(T + 12):  WINDS N-NE  12-17 GUSTS 20KTS.  SEAS 2-3  SWELLS NW-N/MIXED/NE  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM N @ 0.3KTS.
TOM (08)(MORN 08LT)(T + 24):  WINDS N-NE/VARY/E  07-12 GUSTS 15KTS.  SEAS 1-2  SWELLS NW-N/MIXED/NE  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM NNW @ 0.4KTS.
TOM EVENING(20LT)(T + 36):  WINDS VEER E-SE-SW  05-10 GUSTS 13KTS.  SEAS 1-2 SWELLS NW-N/MIXED/NE  2-4FT  (3SEC).  SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM N @ 0.2KTS.* WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SQUALLS

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