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FZNT25 KNHC 082113
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...

SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE KATIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE N AWAY FROM
THE AREA TONIGHT. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 68W WILL MOVE W-NW
THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ALONG 27N THROUGH FRI
NIGHT...THEN LIFT N TO ALONG 30N SAT AND SUN AND TO N OF THE
AREA MON. TROPICAL STORM MARIA IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC WILL
REACH THE SE PORTION NEAR 19N66W SAT NIGHT...AND MOVE NW TO
20.0N 68.0W SUN AFTERNOON...NEAR 23.0N 72.0W MON...AND NEAR

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 26N E OF 76W SAT
NIGHT THROUGH TUE...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E OF 74W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9
TO 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF
26N W OF 72W SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N
SWELL. N OF 26N E OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
W OF 78W S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N
SWELL...EXCEPT W OF 78W 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
S OF 25N E OF 69W. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N OF 28N E OF 76W SW TO
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 28N W
OF 76W SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. FROM
26N TO 28N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE TO E
SWELL. S OF 26N W OF 74W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. S OF 26N E OF 74W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7
FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...S OF 26N E OF 76W TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM N
SEMICIRCLE OF MARIA. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM N AND 90 NM S
SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. S OF 26N W OF
76W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT E OF BAHAMAS AND 2 TO 4
FT W OF BAHAMAS. N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING NE
TO E 10 TO 15 KT MON AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE. SEAS 4
TO 7 FT IN MIXED E TO SE SWELL...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN SE
SWELL MON. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF MARIA.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM NATE NEAR 19.7N 92.3W 995 MB AT 4 PM
CDT MOVING SSE OR 160 DEG AT 2 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60
KT GUSTS 75 KT. NATE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT
BEGINS TO MOVE NNW TO NEAR 19.7N 92.2W TONIGHT...TO 20.9N
92.8W SAT MORNING...TO 21.6N 93.3W SAT NIGHT. A WEAKENING
STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO 25N86W WILL DISSIPATE

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT W OF 88W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT SAT. N OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE
TO E SAT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT SAT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 26N.
.MON AND TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT TUE.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND WITHIN 150 NM S OF FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND TUE...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S
OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS S
OF 26N.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 13.2N 52.7W 1006 MB AT 5
PM EDT MOVING W AT 18 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS
45 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED AS IT
MOVES TO 13.4N 55.3W EARLY FRI...14.0N 58.5W FRI
AFTERNOON...15.5N 61.5W EARLY SAT...17.0N 63.5W SAT
AFTERNOON...THEN N OF THE AREA ACROSS PUERTO RICO SAT NIGHT. A
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 29W IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TROPICAL N

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT...S OF 18N BETWEEN 84W AND 87W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT S OF 19N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 19N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF 84W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 4 FT. S OF 19N E OF 84W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. N OF 19N E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. E OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT...EXCEPT N OF 19N E OF 84W 1 TO 2 FT.
.MON AND TUE...W OF 82W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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