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FZNT25 KNHC 161551
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1151 AM EDT THU OCT 16 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 24N81W TO 22N90W
THEN IS STATIONARY TO 18N93W. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
DRIFT S OF THE GULF LATER TODAY. 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. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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 OR LESS.
.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 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 26.1N 68.6W 940 MB AT 1500 UTC
OCT 16 MOVING N OR 360 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
125 KT GUSTS 150 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY AS
IT MOVES TO 27.5N 68.0W THIS EVENING...29.9N 66.6W FRI
MORNING...THEN N OF THE AREA NEAR BERMUDA AT 32.6N 64.9W FRI
EVENING. OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N75W THROUGH
THEN NORTHERN BAHAMAS TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL SLOWLY
DISSIPATE AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL SKIRT THE WATERS N OF 30N SUN AND MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.