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FZNT27 KNHC 110851
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
451 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVING
THROUGH THE NW GULF OF MEXICO WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY.
FURTHER EAST...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA TO
27N90W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. A TROUGH
WILL MOVE OFF THE MEXICAN AND TEXAS COASTS EARLY SAT...REACH FROM
S CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY EARLY SUN...AND FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO NW YUCATAN BY EARLY MON. THE TROUGH WILL
DRIFT E AND BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE NE GULF BY LATE TUE.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS DIMINISHING BY AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.