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FZNT25 KNHC 152117
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
517 PM EDT WED OCT 15 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 WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 26N82W TO 23N88W
THEN IS STATIONARY TO 18N92W. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE SE GULF LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT
THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NE GULF
COASTAL WATERS EARLY SUN AND STALL BEFORE DISSIPATING MON NIGHT.
AN AREA OF LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE SW GULF BY
MON. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 24.1N 68.6W 953 MB AT 2100 UTC
OCT 15 MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR
HURRICANE AS IT MOVES THROUGH 25.3N 68.9W OVERNIGHT...TO 27.2N
68.6W THU AFTERNOON...TO 29.7N 67.2W OVERNIGHT THU NIGHT AND N OF
THE AREA TO 32.9N 65.3W FRI AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT
FROM 31N79W TO VERO BEACH FLORIDA WILL REACH 31N76W TO CENTRAL
CUBA EARLY THU...THEN DISSIPATE AS IT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N73W TO
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THU AFTERNOON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL SKIRT
WATERS N OF 30N SUN AND MON. 

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 27N...SW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.