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FZNT25 KNHC 222125
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
525 PM 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 SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE
INLAND THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH PRES RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE
NE. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NE GULF TONIGHT. FAIRLY
TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT 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. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS W
OF FRONT WILL ENTER THE W GULF W OF 95W TUE AND TUE NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...N TO 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 LESS THAN 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...NE TO 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 WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM KARL NEAR 25.5N 63.2W AT 2100 UTC
MOVING NW AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO
45 KT. KARL IS TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT TURNS N-NW FRI AND
BRUSH THE FAR NE WATERS. KARL IS THEN EXPECTED TO VEER NE AND
ACCELERATE AND EXIT THE AREA FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT... PASSING E
OF BERMUDA. ASSOCIATED SWELL FROM KARL WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH
THE ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. OTHERWISE A
WEAKENING TROUGH OFFSHORE OF FLORIDA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.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. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW LESS THAN
5 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO 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 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.