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FZNT25 KNHC 251544
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1144 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014

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

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE NW GULF WILL DISSIPATE BY
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SE LOUISIANA WILL
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES TO A POSITION FROM THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY TUE. THE REMNANT TROUGH
WILL PERSIST IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION THROUGH WED. RIDGING WILL
BUILD ALONG 24N THU AND SHIFT TO 27N BY FRI NIGHT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL NEAR 24.6N 72.7W AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING NNE AT 2 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO
60 KT. CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 26.0N 72.2W THIS
EVENING...INTENSIFY TO 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT NEAR 27.8N 71.5W EARLY
TUE...60 KT GUSTS 75 KT NEAR 30.0N 70.9W TUE EVENING...THEN REACH
HURRICANE INTENSITY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES N OF THE AREA REACHING
NEAR 32.2N 69.7W WED MORNING. RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTHERN
WATERS BEHIND CRISTOBAL...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N77W
TO 26N65W THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.