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FZNT25 KNHC 180208
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 17 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 NW TO SE ORIENTATED SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP
INTERMITTENTLY ACROSS THE SW GULF WATERS THROUGH EARLY THU. A NE
TO SW ORIENTED RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS
THROUGH LATE WED NIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND RETRACT E AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THU AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT
WILL RACE E REACHING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA
ON FRI NIGHT AND PASS THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS EARLY SAT
NIGHT. 

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A BROAD SURFACE LOW AT 24N72W WILL MOVE E TO 24N67W
ON TUE...NEAR 25N66W TUE NIGHT AND NEAR 26N69W ON WED WITH THE
POSSIBLY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK AS IT THEN TRACKS NW TO BEYOND 31N73W ON FRI. STRONG TO
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON TUE OVER THE NW QUADRANT
OF THE LOW. IN THE MEANTIME LARGE N TO NE SWELLS ACROSS THE
WATERS E OF THE BAHAMAS WILL SPREAD W ACROSS THE WATERS N OF THE
BAHAMAS ON TUE...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON WED AND THU.

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.