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FZNT25 KNHC 200937
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
537 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 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...A DEEP LAYERED TROUGH CONTINUES NE TO SW ACROSS THE
N GULF THIS MORNING WITH A PERSISTENT SURFACE TROUGH LINGERING
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL GULF. ACTIVE WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND SE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH TONIGHT
AS IT DRIFTS SE. OTHERWISE...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE GULF
REGION PRODUCING MAINLY GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS AND MODEST
SEAS. A TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOONS AND MOVE W OVER THE SW GULF OVERNIGHT
THROUGH EARLY MORNING DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS....A SURFACE TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NW WATERS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE THE ATLANTIC RIDGE REMAINS
WELL N OF THE AREA. TROPICAL CYCLONE KARL IS CROSSING 52W THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE E OF 60W THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY
WED...THEN BEGIN TO VEER MORE NW THEN N-NW AND PASS E OF 66W LATE
WED THROUGH THU. KARL IS FORECAST TO MOVE N-NW THEN N THROUGH THE
FAR NE WATERS LATE THU THROUGH EARLY SAT...LIKELY AS A
HURRICANE...BEFORE ACCELERATING TO THE NE. ASSOCIATED E SWELL FROM
KARL WILL SPREAD W AND REACH 80W BY WED NIGHT.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.