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FZNT25 KNHC 260919
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
519 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 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...A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO
OFF THE TEXAS COAST WILL PERSIST IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION
THROUGH THU. RIDGING WILL BUILD ALONG 24N THU NIGHT AND SHIFT TO
27N BY FRI NIGHT AND TO 29N BY SAT NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE CRISTOBAL NEAR 26.0N 71.9W AT 5 AM EDT
MOVING N AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT.
CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT NEAR
28.1N 71.6W THIS AFTERNOON ...REACH NEAR 30.6N 71.2W EARLY WED...
AND INTENSIFY TO 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT N OF AREA NEAR 32.6N 70.3W
WED AFTERNOON. RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTHERN WATERS BEHIND
CRISTOBAL...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N77W TO 26N65W THU
AND FRI...SHIFTING TO ALONG 75W N OF 26N SAT.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.