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FZNT25 KNHC 121503
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1103 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

...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...WEAK RIDGING EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA WESTWARD
ALONG 29N/30N TO COASTAL E TEXAS. THE RIDGING WILL SHIFT E OF
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE NW WATERS. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF FRI AND FRI NIGHT FOLLOWED BY WEAK HIGH PRES
THAT SETTLES IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THE
HIGH WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE E GULF BY MON WITH SE MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL FRESH RETURN FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN WATERS.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS WILL WEAKEN
THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE NW
WATERS FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE N-CENTRAL
WATERS ON SAT WITH ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS
THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT...THEN MERGING WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE
FIRST FRONT LATE SUN. THE MERGED FRONT WILL REACH THE NE PORTION
ON MON AND STALL NE OF THE BAHAMAS. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH S OF
30N TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ALONG 73W WILL DRIFT W ACROSS THE NW
BAHAMAS THROUGH FRI WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE. OTHERWISE...
RELATIVELY WEAK HIGH PRES WILL SET UP ACROSS THE BASIN SUN NIGHT
THROUGH MON NIGHT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S
OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N
OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N
OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT LATE. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.