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FZNT25 KNHC 170318
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 PM 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 STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE NW YUCATAN TO
21N94W TO 19N95W WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS
THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NE GULF COASTAL
WATERS EARLY SUN AND BECOME DIFFUSE FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE
EASTERN TEXAS COAST SUN NIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRES IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE SW GULF BY MON AND DRIFT IN E TUE. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN THE MORNING...
BECOMING 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. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 28.0N 67.5W 943 MB AT 0300 UTC
OCT 17 MOVING NNE OR 025 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
120 KT GUSTS 145 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR
HURRICANE AS IT MOVES THROUGH 29.7N 66.5W FRI MORNING BEFORE
SHIFTING JUST  N OF THE AREA TO 32.5N 64.9W FRI AFTERNOON...WITH
WINDS AND SEAS  GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT  EXTENDING FROM 31N73W THROUGH THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO NORTHERN  CUBA WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS IT
DRIFTS SOUTHWARD THROUGH  TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST  EARLY SUN...LIE FROM BERMUDA TO CAPE
CANAVERAL EARLY MON AND  SHIFT N ALONG 30N TUE. 

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.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 2 TO
3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS
THAN 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.