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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
515 AM EDT THU SEP 22 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 PERSISTENT NE TO SW TROUGH IS DRIFTING SLOWLY WWD
ACROSS THE NW GULF AND EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND TODAY OVER TEXAS
AND NE MEXICO AS HIGH PRES RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE NE. FAIRLY
TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH
WINDS INCREASING SLIGHTLY IN THE CENTRAL AND W GULF FRI THROUGH
SUN AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS. AN EARLY SEASON COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...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 WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARL NEAR 24.0N 60.7W AT
0900 UTC  MOVING NW AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 40 KT. KARL IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND
IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON
NEAR 25.3N 62.2W THEN CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT
TURNS N-NW THEN N TONIGHT AND FRI AND BRUSHES THE FAR NE WATERS.
KARL IS THEN EXPECTED TO VEER NE AND ACCELERATE AND EXIT THE
AREA FRI AND THROUGH SAT...PASSING JUST E OF BERMUDA AS A
HURRICANE. ASSOCIATED SWELL FROM KARL WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE
ATLC WATERS TODAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...A
WEAKENING TROUGH OFFSHORE OF FLORIDA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI.

.TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...
THEN...SHIFTING TO NE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT IN THE
MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW LESS THAN
5 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
.SAT...S WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.